In REACHING BACK, award-winning author Nea Anna Simone introduces Mignon Samuels and begins a powerful multigenerational saga about identity, legacy, and the strength of Black womanhood. When Mignon discovers an aging leather-bound journal, she is drawn into the hidden lives of four generations of women who came before her. As their stories unfold—marked by resilience, sacrifice, and unspoken truths—Mignon begins to recognize the patterns of silence and survival that have shaped her own life. At the same time, Mignon is confronting the unraveling of her marriage and the collapse of the life she believed she was meant to live. Caught between inherited expectations and a growing desire for truth, she must decide whether to continue repeating generational compromises or risk choosing herself.