Lost in the City features 15 poignant short stories, each set in Washington, D.C. Far removed from marble monuments and the offices of rich politicians, the nation's capital that Jones captures is...
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Author: Jones, Edward P.Summary:Genre: Short stories
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Author: Forster, GwynneSummary:
Career jounalist Marge Hairston and her three loving children, Drogan, Cassie, and Sharon, are about as close as a family can be. After her husband died, Marge was left to raise the children on...
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Author: Griggs, Vanessa DavisSummary:
Pastor George Landris has a monumental mandate for his flock. He wants them to cast off their strongholds (i.e., their weaknesses), and this sets off a flurry of soul-searching and repentance with...
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Author: Johnson, LoriSummary:
Thirty-something Faye thinks the notion of finding a "Mr. Right" is laughable, and has all but given up on the idea of true love. But Carl, the guy next door, feels otherwise. Little do they know...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Johnson, ShawneSummary:
Founded by a group of run-away slaves, its been up to their ancestors to keep the town prospering. However, many have forgotten the sacrifices their ancestors made to build the beautiful town that...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author: Robinson, CherylSummary:
Listeners meet Georgia Brown, a housewife of 11 years who is married to a radio personality who might be having an affair. Georgia is fed up and set to break out on her own. But when her husband...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Little, BenildeSummary:
Abra Dixon is well educated, fashionable, and married to the perfect man. She also runs a film production company with her childhood friend, Natasha. Abra's perfect life is suddenly thrown off...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Rinaldi, AnnSummary:
In 1832, Prudence Crandall begins admitting black girls to her exclusive Connecticut school, scandalizing white society and eventually causing her arrest and the closing of her school.
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Author: Roby, Kimberla LawsonSummary:
The Reverend Curtis Black has made his share of mistakes, a fact his daughter Alicia is all too aware of. So she vows she'll never follow in his footsteps. When Alicia marries Phillip, the...
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Author: Krass, PeterSummary:
From Chelsea House's Black Americans of Achievement series comes this biography of the legendary anti slavery activist.
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Author: Griggs, Vanessa DavisSummary:
Faith Alexandria Morrell and her two sisters guard a dark secret. Needing direction, they join a local megachurch, where they meet people with problems of their own.
Genre: Religious fiction -
Author: Griggs, Vanessa DavisSummary:
Gabrielle's girlhood dream of becoming a dancer slips away when life takes an unexpected turn. But after she meets the man of her dreams at church, everything seems to be falling into place--until...
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Author: Griggs, Vanessa DavisSummary:
For years, Memory Patterson has been running away from her problems and conning her way through life. Then a chance encounter with Pastor Landris' pregnant wife Johnnie Mae puts her on the path...
Genre: Religious fiction