By De'nesha Diamond, Meesha Mink
Follows the efforts of four young women struggling to escape the limitations of the Atlanta housing projects, from Aisha, whose fashionable life is abruptly halted by her husband's imprisonment, to Molly, whose low self-esteem blinds her to her husband's infidelity.
Severity reflects intensity, not value — “central theme” means a warning is a core part of the book, not that the book is bad.