What if, as in the new memoir, “The Cruelty of Nice Folks” by Justin Ellis, your hometown, the place that held your memories, betrayed you? Justin Ellis thought of home because he grew up in Minneapolis, close to family and friends and everything he held dear. Arriving in Minneapolis, Ellis set out to see the whole picture that he and other Black Minneapolitans had lived, but his arrival there had dual purpose. Author Justin Ellis sharpens a thought, turns a phrase, and screws it tightly into your heart in a way that most writers will only wish they could do, so pay attention and don’t miss it. Start “The Cruelty of Nice Folks” and you’ll find that you can’t put it down.