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Black Literature July 2022 |
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Miss Aldridge regrets
by Louise Hare
In 1936 London, down-on-her-luck actress Lena Aldridge is offered the role of a lifetime in New York, and, sailing aboard the Queen Mary, is drawn into the fold of an obscenely wealthy family and their bizarre family dynamic where her greatest performance will be for her life.
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The scent of burnt flowers : a novel
by Blitz Bazawule
In 1965 Alabama, a newly engaged Black couple, after one fateful night turns them into fugitives, seek asylum in Ghana where they encounter a Highlife musician, which starts a journey of lust, magic and danger that ends in chaos as they each must confront their secrets and each other.
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Things Past Telling
by Sheila Williams
The author of The Secret Women tells the story of a brave and enduring woman
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In the face of the sun : a novel
by Denny S. Bryce
To escape an abusive marriage, Frankie Saunders flees across the country to Los Angeles with her reckless, profane Aunt Daisy, who will do whatever it takes to settle old scores and resolve the pastno matter what the damage, forcing Frankie to make some hard choices. Original.
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Take my hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
In 1973 Montgomery, Alabama, Civil Townsend, a young black nurse working for the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, grapples with her role when she takes two young girls into her heart and the unthinkable happens, and nothing will ever be the same for any of them.
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Mrs. Wiggins
by Mary Monroe
A tale set in Depression-era Alabama follows the experiences of a woman from an at-risk family who marries the son of a respected preacher to establish a safer life before discovering her husband’s desperate secret. (general fiction).
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Yonder : a novel
by Jabari Asim
Meeting at Placid Hall, a plantation in an unspecified part of the American South, Cato and Willian, subjected to the whims of their tyrannical and eccentric captor, find their friendship fraying when a visiting pastor fills their heads with ideas about independence and love. 50,000 first printing.
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Carolina built : a novel
by Kianna Alexander
Describes the life of real estate magnate Josephine N. Leary, a freed plantation slave who taught herself how to be a business woman, manage her finances, make smart investments and to ultimately become a successful entrepreneur. 100,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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To Catch a Raven
by Beverly Jenkins
When the Declaration of Independence is stolen by a former Confederate official, fearless grifter Raven Moreaux, forced by the government to get it back, finds both her life and heart on the line when she falls for her partner who is posing as her husband. 30,000 first printing.
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Sister mother warrior : a novel
by Vanessa Riley
When a war breaks out on Saint Domingue, two extraordinary womenthe first Empress of Hair and a West African-born warriorfinally meet and play pivotal roles in the revolution that will eventually lead to full independence for Haiti and its people. 100,000 first printing.
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The great Mrs. Elias : a novel
by Barbara Chase-Riboud
The author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, one of the richest black women in America in the early 1900s, in a novel swirling with atmosphere and steeped in history.
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Yellow wife : a novel
by Sadeqa Johnson
"Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Delores Brown has lived a relatively sheltered life. Shielded by her mother's position as the estate's medicine woman and cherished by the Master's sister, she is set apart from the others on the plantation, belonging to neither world. She'd been promised freedom on her eighteenth birthday, but instead of the idyllic life she imagined with her true love, Essex Henry, Pheby is forced to leave the only home she has ever known. She unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil's Half Acre, a jail in Richmond, Virginia, where the enslaved are broken, tortured, and sold every day. There, Pheby is exposed not just to her Jailer's cruelty but also to his contradictions.To survive, Pheby will have to outwit him, and she soon faces the ultimate sacrifice"
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Mademoiselle revolution
by Zoe Sivak
Fleeing from Haiti to Paris in 1791, Sylvie de Rosiers quickly becomes enamored with the aims of the Revolution, as well as with revolutionaries Robespierre and his mistress, Cornľie Duplay, and must decide whether to be an accomplice or risking losing her head as the Reign of Terror descends.
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A woman of endurance : a novel
by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
A deeply spiritual African woman is captured and sold to a Puerto Rican plantation to breed future slaves and is almost destroyed by the dehumanization of her circumstances but embarks on a journey of healing and love. 40,000 first printing.
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Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-0211
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