James presents a dramatic slave narrative set on a 19th-century Jamaican sugar plantation. Ever since she was a small child, Lilith has been closely watched by a contingent of fellow slaves--...
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Auteur: James, MarlonSommaire:Genre: Historical fiction -
Auteur: Larsen, NellaSommaire:First published in 1929, Passing is a remarkable exploration of the shifting racial and sexual boundaries in America. Larsen, a premier writer of the Harlem Renaissance, captures the rewards and...
Genre: Psychological fiction -
Auteur: Tademy, LalitaSommaire:Cane River is an epic novel about the strength and determination of four generations of African-American women whose journey from slavery to freedom begins on a Creole plantation in Louisiana.
Genre: Domestic fiction, Historical fiction -
Auteur: Patton, StaceySommaire:
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stacey Patton penned this moving memoir describing her tumultuous childhood growing up first in a state institution and then in a fractured foster family. She...
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Auteur: Roy, LucindaSommaire:
Growing up in crowded south London, Jacinta knows she is unusual: neither black nor white. But when her father dies, and her mother breaks down, Jacinta loses the protection of her family's love...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Auteur: Kincaid, JamaicaSommaire:Lucy, a teenager from the West Indies, comes to North America to work as an au pair for Lewis, Mariah, and their children. Yet, almost at once, Lucy begins to notice cracks in their beautiful...
Genre: General fiction -
Auteur: Rosen, RenéeSommaire:With their relationship unwelcome, Leeba and Red soon find themselves in the middle of the civil rights movement, and they discover that, in times of struggle, music can bring people together.
Genre: Historical fiction -
Auteur: Minot, SusanSommaire:Tells the story of two extraordinary young women: Esther, a Ugandan teenager abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army and forced to commit unspeakable acts, and Jane, an American journalist...
Genre: Psychological fiction -
Auteur: Due, TananariveSommaire:
The home that belonged to Angela Toussaint's late grandmother is so beloved that the townspeople in Sacajawea, Washington call it the Good House. But that all changes one summer when an unexpected...
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Auteur: Williams, SheilaSommaire:
Born in West Africa in the mid-eighteenth century, Maryam Prescilla Grace, a.k.a "Momma Grace," will live a long, wondrous life marked by hardship, oppression, opportunity, and love.
Genre: Historical fiction -
Auteur: Johnson, YvetteSommaire:
Yvette Johnson travels to Mississippi to uncover the true story of her grandfather Booker Wright and why he was murdered.
Genre: True crime stories -
Auteur: Kincaid, JamaicaSommaire:
This collection is Jamaica Kincaid's earliest published writings: her inspired, lyrical short stories. These stories plunge the listener gently into another way of perceiving both the...
Genre: Short stories -
Auteur: Reid, IainSommaire:
Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to...
Genre: Literary fiction -
Auteur: Johnson, SadeqaSommaire:
Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Delores Brown has lived a relatively sheltered life. Shielded by her mother's position as the estate's medicine woman and cherished by the...
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Auteur: Danticat, EdwidgeSommaire:
A touching tale of parent-child separation and immigration, from a National Book Award finalist After Saya's mother is sent to an immigration detention center, Saya finds comfort in listening...
Genre: Juvenile fiction