Meet Me at the Crossroads: A Novel by Megan Giddings

Meet Me at the Crossroads: A Novel by Megan Giddings

A Library Reads Pick from the award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of Lakewood and The Women Could Fly, Meet Me at the Crossroads is a dazzling novel about two brilliant sisters and what happens to their undeniable bond when a mysterious and possibly perilous new world beckons. An unforgettable novel about faith, love, and family, this narrative dazzles the senses and bewitches the mind.

A New World and a Fractured Bond

On an ordinary summer morning, the world is changed by the appearance of seven mysterious doors that seemingly lead to another dimension. While many are mesmerized, two Black midwestern twin sisters, Ayanna and Olivia, have different ideas of what may lie in the world beyond. As people soon learn that what looks like paradise may be filled with danger, the sisters' personal bond is tested. When one of them goes missing, the other must find solace on her own and uncover the circumstances of what truly happened to her constant companion and best friend.

About the Author

Megan Giddings is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. Her novel, Lakewood, was one of New York magazine’s 10 best books of 2020, one of NPR’s best books of 2020, and a finalist for a 2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in The Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction category. Her second novel, The Women Could Fly, was named one of the Washington Post’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy novels of 2022, one of Vulture’s Best Fantasy books of 2022, and was a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Her work has received support from the Barbara Deming Foundation and Hedgebrook. She lives in Minneapolis.