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BLACK VOICES APRIL 2023 HEAR OUR VOICES |
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The Family Business 6
by Carl Weber
When over a million tabs of HEAT, once known as the perfect drug, are stolen, Orlando Duncan discovers that a billionaire, with ties to illegal contraband smuggling rings, is targeting his family, putting them all on a deadly collision course as they try to reach the top.
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Big Girl
by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
A young, plus-size girl in 1990s Harlem tries to meet the lofty expectations of her painfully proper mother, sharp-tongued grandmother and her mostly white Upper East Side prep school while finding solace in the music of Biggie Smalls and Aaliyah.
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Anywhere You Runby Wanda M. Morris
A young black woman flees Jim Crow justice in Mississippi after killing the man who brutally attacked her, in the new novel from the acclaimed author of All Her Little Secrets.
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Love, Honor, Betray
by Mary Monroe
With their sham of a marriage in danger, Jessie and Hubert Wiggins, desperately trying to maintain their devout facade and respectable standing, must decide whether or not to reveal the person who might be behind the serial murders plaguing their town, which would risk their own web of lies being exposed.
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The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi
Three days before he turns 13, the age when your tongue is cut out to appease the terrifying Ajungo Empire and make sure it continues sending water, Tutu embarks on a quest for salvation of his mother, his city and himself.
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Life and Other Love Songs by Anissa Gray
When her husband disappears on his 37th birthday, Deborah and her daughter, in the days, months and years to follow, look backward and forward as they piece together the life of the man they love, but whom they come to realize they might never have truly known.
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Straight Shooter : a memoir of second chances and first takes by Stephen A. Smith
Revealing who he really is when the cameras are off, America's most popular sports media figure writes about the greatest highs and deepest lows of his life and career, while sharing his signature, uninhibited opinions about current political and social issues.
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The Love You Saveby Goldie Taylor
Shining a light on the strictures of race, class and gender in a post-Jim Crow America, an acclaimed journalist and human rights activist reveals how she overcame a troubled childhood and insurmountable odds with strength and courage to become the woman she is today.
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
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