Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. A husband, father, grandfather--he is also secretly gay. When his marriage goes into meltdown, Barrington wants a divorce, but...
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Auteur: Evaristo, BernardineSommaire:Genre: Domestic fiction
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Auteur: Danticat, EdwidgeSommaire:
In a land where vicious dictators crush dreams and lives on a whim, Haitian people have only faith and hope to sustain them. Perhaps it is the faith that a tiny, leaky boat packed with refugees...
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Auteur: Colvin, JeffreySommaire:
A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family...
Genre: Historical fiction, Epic fiction -
Auteur: Shetterly, Margot LeeSommaire:
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring...
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Auteur: Danticat, EdwidgeSommaire:
From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Brother, I'm Dying, a collection of vividly imagined stories about community, family, and love. Rich with hard-won wisdom and humanity,...
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Auteur: Due, TananariveSommaire:
In her debut collection of short fiction, Due takes us to Gracetown, a small Florida town that has both literal and figurative ghost; into future scenarios that seem all too real; and provides...
Genre: Paranormal fiction, Short stories -
Auteur: Harrison, VashtiSommaire:
This book seeks to educate and inspire, bringing to life iconic and lesser-known female figures of Black history such as abolitionist Sojourner Truth, pilot Bessie Coleman, chemist Alice Ball,...
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A colleciton of essays from writers and comedians that captures the formative moments in our lives that we are typically too afraid to share. Topics range from trauma to sexuality to love to loss...
Genre: Essays, Self-help publications -
Auteur: Roberts, EbonySommaire:
With echoes of Just Mercy and An American Marriage, a remarkable memoir of a woman who falls in love with an incarcerated man, and the toll prison takes not only on those behind bars, but on their...
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Auteur: Barron, RenaSommaire:
Magic has a price-if you're willing to pay. The lush world building of Children of Blood and Bone meets the epic scale of Strange the Dreamer in this captivating epic YA fantasy debut. Born into a...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Young adult fiction -
Auteur: Payne, DorisSommaire:
In the ebullient spirit of Ocean's 8, The Heist, and Thelma & Louise, a sensational and entertaining memoir of the world's most notorious jewel thief-a woman who defied society's prejudices...
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Auteur: De Blasi, MarlenaSommaire:
Deemed an illegitimate child by her royal Polish family, Amandine is abandoned as a baby at a French convent. As she grows, Amandine struggles to accept her orphaned state. She longs to put...
Genre: Historical fiction -
Auteur: Bunkley, Anita R.Sommaire:
This is the tale of Broadway star Niya Londres, who is planning her extravagant Acapulco wedding. But there's one problem. Niya hasn't said "yes" yet--to any of the three men who've popped the...
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Auteur: Austin, Lynn N.Sommaire:
In the aftermath of the Civil War, Josephine Weatherly and her mother, Eugenia, return to their Virginia plantation, but their once-grand home has lost its lustre. Jo's father and brother are dead...
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Auteur: Alexander, TameraSommaire:
Stepping off the train in 1876 Colorado Territory, Professor Molly Whitcomb, Ph.D, makes a distasteful choice she sees as her only chance to recover a fraction of what she's lost.
Genre: Religious fiction