When Light Left Us Up to Age 5 Brittney Cooper reminds us that

Brittney Cooper reminds us that anger is a powerful source of energy that can give us the strength to keep on fighting

Told in five parts

and business-minded

he's already dead-- an apparition appearing uninvited on her wedding day

the African-centric community three miles from Mobile founded by Cudjo and other former slaves from his ship

When Light Left Us Up to Age 5 Brittney Cooper reminds us thatWhen Hank, Ana, and Milo Vasquez's father left, nothing could fill the absence in their lives until the shimmering figure of Luz appeared in the canyon behind their house. Luz somehow filled the void. He wrote with seventeen year old Hank's hands. He showed fourteen year old Ana beautiful images when she closed her eyes. He spoke to eight year old Milo. But then Luz left, just like their father, and he took something from each of them. As the new