Read Post-Traumatic 24.

Chantal V. Johnson’s thoughtful, caustic debut. Little, Brown and Company, April 5.

On the verge of distancing herself from her unstable family, Vivian, a Black Latinx attorney at a New York City psychiatric hospital, descends into an era of self-destruction. Through it all, she assesses herself in a tart inner monologue, even as she draws on wells of tenderness with her clients.