Everything Inside
by Edwidge Danticat
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Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian-American writer, and Haiti looms large as a presence in this collection, just as it does in her other books, including National Book Award ...
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Lisa Butts
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Beyond the Book: Little Haiti
Several stories in Edwidge Danticat's Everything Inside, take place in Florida's Little Haiti neighborhood, a popular residence for Haitian immigrants and exiles (along with individuals from other Caribbean nations) located in Miami Dade County. The ... Beyond the Book
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri
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In Christy Lefteri's sophomore novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, the author introduces readers to Syrian refugee and former beekeeper Nuri Ibrahim as he waits in England with ...
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Kim Kovacs
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Beyond the Book: Bees and Honey Across the Ages
In Christy Lefteri's novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, the protagonist is a Syrian refugee seeking asylum in England (See Syrian Refugees and The Human Cost of War in Post 9/11 Conflicts). The novel brings to life the heart-wrenching challenges ... Beyond the Book
Marilou Is Everywhere
by Sarah Elaine Smith
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"The point is that at that moment in my life," writes the narrator of Sarah Elaine Smith's debut novel in its opening pages, "I would kill or die, die or kill, to be anyone ...
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Norah Piehl
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Beyond the Book: Greene County, Pennsylvania, and Coal
Sarah Elaine Smith's Marilou Is Everywhere is set in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in the southwest corner of the state, bordering West Virginia. The novel vividly reflects the economic distress of the struggling communities and families that make up ... Beyond the Book
Let's Call It a Doomsday
by Katie Henry
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However the world will end, Ellis Kimball is ready for it. Her obsessive stash of survivalist essentials and general anxiety worry her family and her therapist, but she is ...
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Catherine M Andronik
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Beyond the Book: Emergency Preparedness Needs
Ellis Kimball in Let's Call It a Doomsday is ready for the apocalypse, whatever form it takes. Would you be prepared? Most of the population of the United States lives in a place where some kind of natural disaster is possible, be it tornado, ... Beyond the Book
Motherhood So White
by Nefertiti Austin
A heartwarming memoir of motherhood and adoption told through an African American lens.
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The Secrets We Kept
by Lara Prescott
Reese Witherspoon's Sept Book Club Pick!
"This is the rare page-turner with prose that’s as wily as its plot."—EW
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson
A story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman's belief that books can carry us anywhere.
How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders
Have you ever wanted to solve a murder? Gather the clues the police overlooked? Put together the pieces? Identify the suspect?
The New York Times bestselling author of The Library of Light and Shadow crafts a dazzling...
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Donna Chavez
From the highly acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award finalist and author of A Short ...
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Lisa Butts
From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award title The Poet X ...
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Catherine M Andronik
Historical Fiction for You, and Your Book Club
The Secrets We Kept
by Lara Prescott
Now a Reese's Book Club pick! Happy to see that this Cold War thriller with literature at its heart is generating so much interest. I had no idea of the controversy ...
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The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
Sarah Grimke and Handful were complete opposites in the society of the 1800's.
Sarah was the daughter of a plantation owner, and Handful was her maid. Both were ...
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Inland
by Téa Obreht
Inland captivated me from the beginning. It is that rare story, one that once I reached the end I wanted to go back to the beginning and start again. There are so many ...
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America for Beginners
by Leah Franqui
The voices of the characters were clear and strong. Each person from the widow, the owner of the travel agency, the tour guide, the companion and others offer ...
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson
This title would have been one of my beloved recommendations for my patrons at the library I worked at for 36 years. The government program instituted in the 1930s took ...
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a gem of historical fiction. I was unaware of the Kentucky Pack Horse program or the blue skinned people of Kentucky. Although ...
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