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African American Newsletter
November 2019
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More to Life
by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
An unfulfilled wife and mother enrages her family and stuns her friends when she makes an impulsive decision to change her life from taking care of everyone except herself and focus on her own happiness during a tropical vacation.
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Redesigning Happiness
by Nita Brooks
A highly sought-after interior designer faces off against a powerful Atlanta mogul who makes an offer to buy her home improvement reality show and discovers that he is the father of her son.
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The Other Side
by Trice Hickman
Three women–Bernadette, Tess, and Arizona–struggle to find lasting love on the heels of a milestone birthday when they discover secrets from their lovers’ pasts that threaten their new-found happiness.
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Seize the Day
by Curtis Bunn
Finally on the right path after ditching a toxic relationship and finding a job he loves, Calvin Jones discovers he has pancreatic cancer and, declining chemotherapy, is determined to live the best life he can while he still can.
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His to Claim
by Brenda Jackson
When Navy SEAL Mac McRoy returns home to discover that his wife has left him, frustrated by his long absences and lack of commitment to their marriage, he is determined to win her back, despite the danger that surrounds them.
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Speaking of Summer: A Novel
by Kalisha Buckhanon
A woman's desperate search for her missing twin is complicated by their mother's recent death, police indifference, her relationship with her twin's boyfriend and a growing obsession that tests the limits of her sanity. By the award-winning author of Solemn.
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The Collected Novels of Charles Wright: The Messenger, the Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed About
by Charles Wright
As fresh and poignant as when originally published in the sixties and seventies, The Messenger, The Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to get Alarmed About form Charles Wright’s remarkable New York City trilogy. By turns brutally funny and starkly real, these three autobiographical novels create a memorable portrait of a young, working-class, black intellectual—a man caught between the bohemian elite of Greenwich Village and the dregs of male prostitution and drug abuse.
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Tempted at Midnight
by Cheris F Hodges
When her hot one-night stand on New Year’s Eve turns out to be CEO of Jordan Industries Erik Jordan – and her new boss, hopeless romantic interior designer Sylvie Gates must make the best of a sticky situation.
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The New Pastor
by Sherman Cox
Perennial student Elliot James has racked up many degrees and is contemplating another to continue postponing life. When his roommate forced Elliot to find a job, he applied for the secretarial position at Bethel Community Church. But, in a case of mistaken identity, the ranking church officer thought Elliot was the perfect candidate for the open pastoral position.
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On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope
by DeRay Mckesson
The internationally recognized civil rights activist and popular host of Pod Save the People presents a meditative call to arms on resistance, justice and freedom on the front lines of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Blend: The Secret to Co-Parenting and Creating a Balanced Family
by Mashonda
"A wise and inspiring guide to creating a happy and healthy blended family by Mashonda Tifrere with contributions from her co-parents--Swizz Beatz and his wife, Grammy-Award winning singer and songwriter Alicia Keys. In January 2010, founder of ArtLeadHer Mashonda Tifrere and music producer Swizz Beatz finalized their divorce. When Swizz married award-winning singer/songwriter Alicia Keys, a new dynamic was born--three adults who loved and were deeply committed to raising Mashonda and Swizz's four-year old son Kasseem. In Blend, Tifrere draws on the insights they gained from their journey as well as advice from family therapists, parenting experts, and other blending families, to provide an invaluable resource for blended families.
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Transformed: A Navy SEAL's Unlikely Journey From the Throne of Africa, to the Streets of the Bronx, to Defying all Odds
by Remi Adeleke
"What are the odds? Statistics tell us that African American males growing up in a single-parent household are nine times more likely to drop out of high school and twenty times more likely to end up in prison than any other demographic. But what would it take for one young man not only to rise above those statistics but also become a celebrated Navy SEAL, an acclaimed Hollywood actor, and a deep man of faith? For Remi Adeleke -- there'sonly one answer: God.
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