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A Book About a Culture Other Than Your Own
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A woman is no man : a novel
by Etaf Rum
Three generations of Palestinian-American women in contemporary Brooklyn are torn by individual desire, educational ambitions, a devastating tragedy and the strict mores of traditional Arab culture. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.
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LaRose
by Louise Erdrich
Horrified when he accidentally kills his best friend's 5-year-old son while hunting, Landreaux Iron gives away his own young son to his friend's family according to ancient tradition, a decision that helps both families reach a tenuous peace that is threatened by a vengeful adversary. By the National Book Award-winning author of The Round House. 200,000 first printing.
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Fiona and Jane
by Jean Chen Ho
Two best friends since elementary school, both Taiwanese Americans, navigate their grown-up lives and discover their friendship strained by distance and unintended betrayals after Fiona Lin moves to New York and Jane Shen stays in California.
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Fifty words for rain : a novel
by Asha Lemmie
Abandoned by a mother who instructs her never to fight or ask questions, an illegitimate child of mixed heritage in 1948 Kyoto forges a powerful bond with her older half-brother against the wishes of their formidable grandparents. A first novel.
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The island of missing trees
by Elif Shafak
The fig tree in her parents garden, which unbeknownst to her bore witness to their secret meetings decades ago, is her only knowledge of a home she has never known as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world. 75,000 first printing.
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She who became the sun
by Shelley Parker-Chan
When the Zhu family's eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, given the fate of greatness, dies during a brutal attack, his sister, escaping her own fated death, uses her brother's identity to claim another future altogether--her brother's abandoned greatness
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Four treasures of the sky
by Jenny Zhang
A Chinese girl struggles to find her place in the 1880s American West after being kidnapped and smuggled, working at a calligraphy school and a San Francisco brothel as anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps across the country. 200,000 first printing.
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The nickel boys : a novel
by Colson Whitehead
Follows the experiences of two African-American teenagers at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida
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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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Heart berries : a memoir
by Terese Marie Mailhot
The author recounts her coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest where she survived a dysfunctional childhood and found herself hospitalized with a dual diagnosis of PTSD and bipolar II disorder
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The seed keeper : a novel
by Diane Wilson
"A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrifices to protect what matters most"
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On earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel
by Ocean Vuong
A first novel by the award-winning author of Night Sky with Exit Wounds is written in the form of a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read about the impact of the Vietnam war on their family.
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How beautiful we were : a novel
by Imbolo Mbue
A girl who grows up to be a revolutionary describes generations of troubled life in her African village due to environmental degradation, including infertile fields and toxic drinking water, brought on by an American oil companys pipeline. Original.
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Love is a revolution
by Renée Watson
Falling for an activist during an open-mic party, plus-sized Nala tells increasingly complicated lies about how much she shares her crushs interests, before learning unanticipated lessons in radical love and self-love. 125,000 first printing.
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The Satapur moonstone
by Sujata Massey
India's only female lawyer in 1922 helps the royal ladies of Satapur by getting involved in the power plays and ancient vendettas of the palace in the second novel of the series following The Widows of Malabar Hill
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The night tiger
by Yangsze Choo
A vivacious dance-hall girl in 1930s colonial Malaysia is drawn into unexpected danger by the discovery of a severed finger that is being sought by a young houseboy who would protect his late master's soul.
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The map of salt and stars
by Zeyn Joukhadar
Living eight hundred years apart, two girls, a modern day Syrian refugee and a medieval apprentice to a legendary mapmaker, experience the pain of exile and triumph of courage
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Speak no evil : a novel
by Uzodinma Iweala
An Ivy League-bound star athlete from a prestigious private school in Washington, D.C., and his best friend, the daughter of prominent government insiders, struggle with brutal responses to the young man's sexual orientation before finding themselves speeding toward a violent and senseless future. By an award-winning author. 50,000 first printing.
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A place for us : a novel
by Fatima Farheen Mirza
A family caught between two cultures yields a resonant story of faith, tradition, identity and belonging.
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All you can ever know : a memoir
by Nicole Chung
A Korean adoptee who grew up with a white family in Oregon discusses her journey to find her identity as an Asian American woman and a writer after becoming curious about her true origins.
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