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The Flower in the Skull

by Kathleen Alcala

Published: 1999-06-03

Paperback: 192 pages

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Deep in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico in the 1870s, a village of Opata Indians is attacked by soldiers. Along with the rest of her tribe, Concha is driven from her homeland and eventually finds her way to Tucson, where she finds a job cleaning houses and caring for children. When her own daughter, Rosa,...

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The Ventriloquists: A Novel

by E.R. Ramzipoor

Published: 2019-08-27

Hardcover: 544 pages

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“[A] remarkable saga.... Engrossing.” —Booklist, starred reviewIn this triumphant debut inspired by true events, a ragtag gang of journalists and resistance fighters risk everything for an elaborate scheme to undermine the Reich.The Nazis stole their voices. But they would not be sil...

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He Falls Well: A Memoir of Survival

by Folwell Dunbar

Published: 2018-10-30

Paperback: 282 pages

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He Falls Well is a collection of short stories and vignettes recounting the ups, the downs, and the in-betweens of New Orleans educator and writer Folwell Dunbar. From the Seven Hills of Rome to the Volcán de Fuego in Mexico, from the deck of a German U-boat to the mosh pit of a kindergarten classroom,...

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And So It Begins

by Rachel Abbott

Published: 2018-10-11

Paperback: 382 pages

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WHO WILL BELIEVE YOUR STORY IF THE ONLY WITNESS IS DEAD?Cleo knows she should be happy for her brother Mark. He's managed to find someone new after the sudden death of his first wife - but something about Evie just doesn't feel right...When Evie starts having accidents at home, her friends...

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Americanah

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Published: 2014-03-04

Paperback: 0 pages

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The bestselling novel—a love story of race and identity—from the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele.Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where ...

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Reconstructing Amelia: A Novel

by Kimberly McCreight

Published: 2013-12-03

Paperback: 0 pages

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In Reconstructing Amelia, the stunning debut novel from Kimberly McCreight, Kate's in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughter’s exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amelia has been suspended, effective im...

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The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

Published: 2017-04-25

Hardcover: 0 pages

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Now a Hulu Original SeriesThe Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has rea...

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Grenades as Lullabies: A Story of War and Innocence

by Manja Lazarevic Rodriguez

Published: 2019-09-09

Paperback: 213 pages

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"Grenades as Lullabies" is the shocking true story of one young girl's struggle to survive the harrowing realities of the Bosnian War. Through Manja's eyes, you will see the horrors of ethnic cleansing as a country attacks itself from within - neighborhoods and families torn apart by propaganda, hatred,...

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The Last Letter

by Rebecca Yarros

Published: 2019-02-26

Paperback: 432 pages

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“The Last Letter is a haunting, heartbreaking and ultimately inspirational love story.“?InTouch WeeklyBeckett,If you’re reading this, well, you know the last-letter drill. You made it. I didn’t. Get off the guilt train, because I know if there was any chance you could have saved me...

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Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America (Voice of Witness)

Published: 2019-04-16

Paperback: 336 pages

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They are a mass migration of thousands, yet each one travels alone. Solito, Solita (Alone, Alone) is an urgent collection of oral histories that tells—in their own words—the story of young refugees fleeing countries in Central America and traveling for hundreds of miles to se...