|
African American Newsletter April 2018
|
|
|
|
|
Halsey Street
by Naima Coster
Returning to her hometown of Brooklyn after a failed career as an artist, Penelope discovers that her mother has left the family to reclaim her roots in the Dominican Republic, and seeks a reconciliation with Penelope
|
|
|
Mouths Don't Speak
by Katia D Ulysse
After the 2010 Haitian earthquake tears her family apart, a Haitian immigrant in the U.S. tries to deal with the emotional fallout. By the author of Drifting.
|
|
|
Magic Touch: A Brooklyn Girls Story
by Treasure Hernandez
After her parents are sent away to prison, Simone James must learn how to make money any way she can and joins the team of Alexander Stephenson, who runs several lucrative businesses—high-end boosting, drug trafficking and credit card scamming—until she becomes a magnet for drama in the form of jealousy, betrayal and violence.
|
|
|
It's Wrong For Me to Love You: Renaissance Collection. Part 2
by Krystal Armstead
Suffering heartbreak after heartbreak, especially when she discovers that her former best friend Charlene is pregnant by the man she loves, Ne’Vaeh finally finds happiness with a new man, but Charlene gets jealous, setting in motion a chain of events that destroys everything once again.
|
|
|
It's Wrong for Me to Love You, Part 3: Renaissance Collection
by Krystal Armstead
Charlene and Ne'Vaeh have been rivals ever since they were students at Howard University, both vying for the love of the same man. When the dust finally settled, Ne'Vaeh was brokenhearted, and Charlene was pregnant by Aaron--or so she said. In spite of Charlene's attempts to make her life miserable, Ne'Vaeh managed to move on and rekindle a relationship with Jamie, her first love. Unfortunately, that was not the end of her problems.
|
|
|
Dirty Work. Part 1
by Erica Hilton
Unlike his wheelchair-bound, chess-playing brother, Kid, Kip Kane is searching the streets of Harlem, always looking for the next big score, and when he and his crew get a chance to work for Egyptian kingpin Maserati Meek they start getting bigtime cash money, but it may not be worth the street warfare that Meek's unpredictability unleashes.
|
|
|
Sidelined: The Draft
by Bianca Williams
When up-and-coming event planner Bryn Charles scores NFL superstar Shane Smith as a client, she thinks she has it made. But with only six weeks to create the “hottest event Baltimore’s ever seen”, she has her work cut out for her. Complicating her efforts is his determination to score her like one of his touchdowns. Bryn ignores his advances—until she wakes up at an impromptu sleepover next to a shirtless Shane. Suddenly they can’t stay apart. Just when Bryn believes she might have found the love of her life, a blast from Shane’s past causes interference. Now Bryn must decide if she can stay in the game—or if she’s doomed to sit it out on the sideline.
|
|
|
The Wide Circumference of Love: A Novel
by Marita Golden
A respected family court judge who has spent her life making tough calls, Diane Tate must make the toughest one yet in her own life when her 68-year-old husband is diagnosed with early onset dementia and, along with her children, must reexamine her connection to the man he once was—and learn to love the man he has become.
|
|
|
Stiletto Justice
by Camryn King
With their men wrongfully behind bars, Kim, Jayda and Harley formulate a plan to get revenge on the man who put them there—former prosecutor Hammond Grey—as they enter into Hammond’s elite world to uncover mass corruption and exploit his deepest weakness.
|
|
|
The Clean 20: 20 Foods, 20 Days, Total Transformation
by Ian K Smith
A guide to clean eating by the best-selling author of SHRED and Blast the Sugar Out outlines a recipe-complemented diet and exercise program for minimizing unhealthy processed foods as part of a lifestyle practice for weight loss, disease prevention and overall better health, citing the importance of not eliminating food groups and meeting nutritional needs.
|
|
|
From The Outside: My Journey Through Life And The Game I Love
by Ray Allen
The record-holding, two-time NBA champion reflects on his work ethic, on-the-court friendships and rivalries and what he has learned about what is needed for a long and successful career in a memoir that includes coverage of his military upbringing and his unforgettable 2013 Game Six three-pointer.
|
|
|
Forsyth County Public Library 660 West Fifth Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 336-703-2665www.forsythlibrary.org |
|
|
|