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The American Daughters: A Novel
Maurice Carlos Ruffin - One World
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping historical novel about a spirited girl who joins a sisterhood working to undermine the Confederates - from the award-winning author of We Cast a Shadow. Ady, a curious, sharp-witted girl, and her fierce mother, Sanite, are inseparable. Enslaved to a businessman in the French... |
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Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
Uché Blackstock MD - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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"Legacy is both a compelling memoir and an edifying analysis of the inequities in the way we deliver healthcare in America. Uché Blackstock is a force of nature." - Abraham Verghese, MD, New York Times-bestselling author of The Covenant of Water and Cutting for Stone. The rousing,... |
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My Beloved Life: A novel
Amitava Kumar - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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An exceptionally moving novel that traces the arc of a man's life, starting from his 1935 birth in a small village in India.. Jadunath Kunwar's beginnings are humble, even inauspicious. His mother, while pregnant, nearly dies from a cobra bite. And this is only the first of many... |
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American Negra: A Memoir
Natasha S. Alford - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning journalist Natasha S. Alford grew up between two worlds as the daughter of an African American father and Puerto Rican mother. In American Negra, a narrative that is part memoir, part cultural analysis, Alford reflects on growing up in a working-class family from the city... |
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Redwood Court: Fiction
DéLana R. A. Dameron - The Dial Press
Format: Hardcover
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A breathtaking debut about one unforgettable Southern Black family, seen through the eyes of its youngest daughter as she comes of age in the 1990s.. "A beautiful exploration of a family . . . deeply moving." Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful.... |
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Wandering Stars: A novel
Tommy Orange - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange's breakout best seller There There - winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, the John Leonard Prize, the American Book Award, and one of the New York Times's 10 Best Books of 2018 - Wandering Stars traces the legacies... |
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Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You
A'ja Wilson - Flatiron Books: A Moment of Lift Book
Format: Hardcover
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"Through honest stories and inspiring lessons from her life, A'ja Wilson reminds us to never doubt who we are or apologize for being true to ourselves. Dear Black Girls is a must-read for every Black girl out there." -- Gabrielle Union, New York Times bestselling author of We're... |
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