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African American Fiction April 2018
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Foolish
by Anna Black
When November totals her car just a few weeks before closing on her dream condo, she accepts help from a charming, dark, handsome and well-off man who turns out to be more jealous and controlling than she would like. Original.
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Bad Men and Wicked Women
by Eric Jerome Dickey
When his pregnant and bitter daughter blackmails him for $50,000, Los Angeles enforcer Ken Swift embarks on a clash of wills that is complicated by a contract that spirals out of control, revealing the vengeful nature of a dangerous adversary. By the best-selling author of Finding Gideon
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Love, lies, and consequences
by Blake Karrington
Savannah Zaher returns home with a focus on her career ten years after she left, where reconnects with Lyfe Simmons, who has been growing his empire since Savannah left him behind
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A Sister's Secret
by Cydney Rax
After their mother’s death, five sisters—Burgundy, Elyse, Coco, Drucilla and Alita—meet twice a month to bond, vent, cope and tell each other some hard truths, but when Elyse reveals something that shatters Burgundy’s perfect world beyond repair, the sisters must come together to help her pick up the pieces. Original.
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Heads of the colored people : stories
by Nafissa Thompson-Spires
"Calling to mind the best works of Paul Beatty and Junot Diaz, this collection of moving, timely, and darkly funny stories examines the concept of black identity in this so-called post-racial era. A stunning new talent in literary fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires grapples with black identity and the contemporary middle class in these compelling, boundary-pushing vignettes. Each captivating story plunges headfirst into the lives of new, utterly original characters. Some are darkly humorous--from two mothers exchanging snide remarks through notes in their kids' backpacks, to the young girl contemplating how best to notify her Facebook friends of her impending suicide--while others are devastatingly poignant--a new mother and funeral singer who is driven tomadness with grief for the young black boys who have fallen victim to gun violence, or the teen who struggles between her upper middle class upbringing and her desire to fully connect with black culture. Thompson-Spires fearlessly shines a light on the simmering tensions and precariousness of black citizenship. Her stories are exquisitely rendered, satirical, and captivating in turn, engaging in the ongoing conversations about race and identity politics, as well as the vulnerability of the black body. Boldly resisting categorization and easy answers, Nafissa Thompson-Spires is an original and necessary voice in contemporary fiction"
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