Zoë Jackson, The Minnesota Star Tribune

Young adulthood might be a more uncertain period than ever before.

With so many more options, it can seem like everyone is on a different path in the period between 20 and 40 years of age as they navigate the buffet of choices that make a life. Some young adults are in cities, trying to make it at a big kid job while looking for love, while others are leaving those very same cities in search of family and stability.

“The Wilderness,” by Angela Flournoy explores how these various pathways affect one group of friends. The incisive, idealistic novel comes a decade after “The Turner House,” Flournoy’s debut at just 30 years old. It won a host of accolades and, notably, was a National Book Award finalist.

Her second novel follows five Black women — De

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