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From the Waitlist...to the Most Wanted...I AM CHOSEN: A Powerful Adoption Story of Identity, Purpose, and Love

by Brittany Neely Jones

Published: 2017-12-20

Paperback: 264 pages

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*The Best Adoption Memoir of 2017!* "From the Wait List...to the Most Wanted...I am CHOSEN" gives an unguarded look at adoption and identity. Through relatable stories with biblical references, Jones discloses how she once existed with no identity, self-esteem, or confidence to now fearlessly progressing...

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Mama

by Terry McMillan

Published: 2005-12-06

Paperback: 352 pages

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The explosive novel that introduced #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan-now in a new trade edition.

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Alice Walker: A Life

by Evelyn C. White

Published: 2005-11-28

Paperback: 496 pages

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"The rich, complex story White tells . . . is never less than fascinating." ?New York Times Book Review Alice Walker's life is remarkable not only because she was the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction (the book that won her that award, The Color Purple, has been transl...

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Conversations of a Conscious Black Girl

by C. M. Fox

Published: 2018-02-01

Paperback: 34 pages

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An urban stance on the current state of the African-American community, it's people, and the contribution society makes towards its downfall. As told from the views of two conscious black girls.

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Around the World on a Bicycle

by Fred A. Birchmore

Published: 1996-12-01

Hardcover: 420 pages

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Book by Birchmore, Fred A.

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The Dead

by James Joyce

Published: 2015-07-17

Paperback: 80 pages

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The Dead is one of the twentieth century’s most beautiful pieces of short literature. Taking his inspiration from a family gathering held every year on the Feast of the Epiphany, Joyce pens a story about a married couple attending a Christmas-season party at the house of the husband’s two elderly...

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

by Harriet Jacobs

Published: 2019-01-24

Paperback: 140 pages

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a slave narrative that was published in 1861 by Harriet Ann Jacobs, using the pen name "Linda Brent." The book is an in-depth chronological account of Jacobs's life as a slave, and the decisions and choices she made to gain freedom for herself and her children....

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Down the Up Staircase: Three Generations of a Harlem Family

by Bruce Haynes, Syma Solovitch

Published: 2017-04-11

Hardcover: 240 pages

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Down the Up Staircase tells the story of one Harlem family across three generations, connecting its journey to the historical and social forces that transformed Harlem over the past century. Bruce D. Haynes and Syma Solovitch capture the tides of change that pushed blacks forward through t...

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The Other Side of Silence: A Psychiatrist's Memoir of Depression

by Linda Gask

Published: 2016-09-28

Paperback: 272 pages

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Having spent her life trying to patch up the souls of others, psychiatrist Linda Gask came to realize that being an expert in depression didn’t confer any immunity from it—she had to learn take care of herself, too. Artfully crafted and told with warmth and honesty, this is the story o...

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After the Peace (Spoils of War)

by Fay Weldon

Published: 2018-11-01

Hardcover: 304 pages

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How many parents does it take to make a baby? In the case of Rosalind Melrose Smithson it took four: one birth mother; one legal father; one interfering neighbor; and one turkey baster filled with the defrosted essence of an anonymous donor. Or not so anonymous, as it turned out. For donor...