Tessa McWatt Books

How do you belong when you don't know who you are? All her life, Tessa McWatt has been asked, 'What are you?' Born in Guyana to a family with African, Chinese, Indian, and Native American heritage, she grew up in a white suburb, her brown skin sticking out like a sore thumb. In this deeply personal reckoning with race and belonging, Tessa interweaves her own experiences as a mixed-race woman with a stark and unvarnished history of slavery and indenture, as well as observations on literature and popular culture. This powerful memoir of being mixed race in a predominantly white society is a necessary exploration of who and what we truly are.

Where Are You, Agnes is a stunning imagining of abstract artist Agnes Martin's childhood and the ways in which it may have shaped her work as an adult.

Four strangers from around the world arrive in India for a wedding. Together, they climb a mountain -- but will they see the same thing from the top? Londoner Reema, who left India before she could speak, is searching for a sign that will help her make a life-changing decision. In pensioner Jackson's suitcase is something he must let go of, but is he strong enough? Together with two unlikely companions, they take a road trip up a mountain deep in the Himalayas, heading for the snow line, where the ice begins. But even standing in the same place, surrounded by magnificent views, they see things differently. As they ascend higher and higher, they must learn to cross the lines that divide them.