Stephanie Soileau’s ‘Should the Waters Take Us’ depicts a Cajun community in Louisiana.
This month, we’re reading novels about two communities—Cajuns in Louisiana and a Tamil immigrant family in Toronto—coping with the hardships of North American life.
Should the Waters Take Us
Stephanie Soileau (Doubleday, 336 pp., $30, July 2026)
This month, we’re reading novels about two communities—Cajuns in Louisiana and a Tamil immigrant family in Toronto—coping with the hardships of North American life.
Should the Waters Take Us
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