Dominion by Addie Citchens is the April pick for Wonderland Books’ literary fiction book club. It centers on a Black family living in Mississippi – a couple with five sons. The father, Sabre Winfrey, is a popular and powerful preacher in the town, yet one with a roaming eye and wandering hands. His wife, Priscilla, is aware of her husband’s transgressions, but looks the other way to maintain her role in the church and in their community. She fights her own demons – addiction to alcohol and pills – while dreaming of life without her husband. Their youngest son – Emmanuel, or Wonderboy – is a high school senior with both a bright future and a dangerous violent streak. Told in alternating viewpoints between Priscilla and Wonderboy’s girlfriend Diamond, with snippets of Sabre’s sermons scattered throughout, Dominion is an exploration of power and autonomy and the desperate moves these characters make to hold onto them. Twisty and dark, Dominion is a wild ride with a strong feminist message.