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SB Reads Silver Lining--SBPL Adult Picks
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Obasan
by Joy Kogawa
A fictional account of the author's experiences as the daughter of Japanese immigrants, protected by her aunt, Obasan, against extreme prejudices, while growing up in Canada during World War II
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Small great things : a novel
by Jodi Picoult
Hesitating to treat the newborn of a white supremacist couple who has demanded that a white nurse assist them, a black nurse is placed on trial in the tragic aftermath and is aided by a white public defender with whom she begins questioning their beliefs as the case becomes more racially charged. By the #1 best-selling author of Leaving Time.
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Behold the dreamers : a novel
by Imbolo Mbue
An immigrant working class couple from Cameroon and the upper class American family for whom they work find their lives and marriages shaped by financial circumstances, infidelities, secrets, and the 2008 recession
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The namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
"With a new afterword from Jhumpa Lahiri, a new edition of the contemporary classic. Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world--conflicts that will haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs. In The Namesake, the Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri brilliantly illuminates the immigrant experience and the tangled ties between generations"
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The magic strings of Frankie Presto
by Mitch Albom
Sent to mid-20th-century America with nothing more than an old guitar, an abandoned youth rises to fame as a pop artist and becomes tortuously aware of his ability to influence the lives of other people. By the best-selling author of Tuesdays With Morrie. 1.5 million first printing.
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One day in December : a novel
by Josie Silver
Tells the story of Jack and Laurie, who meet at a bus stop and continue to circle each other's lives seemingly fated to be together, except not actually managing it, for a decade
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The River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
by Candice Millard
A stirring narrative of a real-life adventure chronicles the 1914 expedition of Theodore Roosevelt into the unexplored heart of the Amazon basin to explore and map the little-known region surrounding a tributary called the River of Doubt, detailing the dangerous conditions they faced--white-water rapids, starvation, illness, jungle menaces, and Indian attacks--to accomplish their goal. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.
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The Wright brothers
by David G McCullough
Chronicles the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the Wright brothers, sharing insights into the disadvantages that challenged their lives and their mechanical ingenuity. By the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author ofTruman. Illustrations
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