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Take my Hand by Dolen Perkins-ValdezIn 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. A perfect read for Black History Month, Take My Hand takes readers on a deep dive into the oftentimes hidden forms of systemic racism and generational oppression that rest within the foundations of America’s medical field.
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Kristin Hannah "In 1965, a nursing student impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam where she is overwhelmed by the destruction of war."
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Ashton Lattimore "A former enslaved housekeeper escapes to 1837 Philadelphia where she plays servant to her white-passing father and befriends a young abolitionist."
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Yangsze Choo "In 1908 Manchuria, a detective with the ability to sniff out the truth is hired to uncover the identity of a dead courtesan, while a secretive woman navigates the myths and misconceptions of fox spirits to find a murderer."
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Maurice Carlos Ruffin "Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Ady meets Lenore, a free black woman who invites her to join a clandestine society of spies called the Daughters, setting her on a journey toward liberation."
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James "In 1964, Mexico's most renowned actor must pay for his ancestors' crimes, unless he can uncover the truth about his grandfather, the legendary bandido."
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Rowan Beaird "A novel set at a glamorous 1950s Reno "divorce ranch" explores the complex friendship between two women who dare to imagine a different future."
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Ferdia Lennon "During the Peloponnesian War, two childhood best friends who love theatre offer Athenian prisoners extra rations if they can recite the work of Euripides."
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