Qaleidoscope

a sweeping, multi-generational novel about family, loss, resilience, and the fight to reclaim identity. Set against the rich history of Portland’s Black community, it follows Sarafina Yates and her three sons as a single night shatters their lives, sending them down separate paths through foster care, prison, displacement, and survival. Decades later, buried truths and unbreakable bonds pull them toward a reckoning that could finally heal what was broken. A powerful story of love, injustice, and the enduring strength of family.