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A Good Hide by Karina Iceberg

***2025 James River Writers
Best Self-published Novel: Awarded Runner Up
***2025 Next Generation Indie Book Award: Finalist in African American Fiction
***2025 Next Generation Indie Book Award: Finalist in First Novel (40,000 to 70,000 words) This is an emotionally layered novel that explores the generational weight of secrets, identity, and forgiveness. Mia’s journey to uncover her roots and heal familial wounds is compelling, and the intergenerational storyline adds depth… – Dr. Vanessa Riley, Author of Island Queen Museum curator Mia’s life takes an unexpected turn after the sudden news of her father’s death – a man she thought had died before she was born. Overwhelmed by grief and betrayal, Mia sets out for Virginia to meet her paternal family and say goodbye to the father she never knew. There she is met with hostility and her estranged grandmother, Sarah, whose stubbornness presents numerous challenges. As she works to peel back the layers of Sarah’s hardened exterior, she uncovers her grandmother’s hidden life during the Great Depression, as an undocumented journalist for the Virginia Negro Studies Project under the WPA. Mia is soon swept into a powerful narrative of resilience, identity, and the high cost of withholding the truth. But as she dives deeper into her grandmother’s fading memories, she must also confront her own identity and the discovery of an unknown family connection that forces her to realize just how difficult forgiveness can be.