Perfect Peace by Daniel Blackβ 341 pages Book Blurb: When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother Emma Jean tells her bewildered daughter, βYou was born a boy. IΒ madeΒ you a girl. But that ainβt what you was supposed to be. So,...
The Story Keeper by Lisa Wingateβ 438 pages Book Blurb: When successful New York editor Jen Gibbs discovers a decaying slush-pile manuscript on her desk, she has no idea that the story of Sarra, a young mixed-race woman trapped in Appalachia at the turn of the...
Dorothy Parker Drank Here by Ellen Meisterβ 336 pages Book Blurb: Heavenly peace? No, thank you. Dorothy Parker would rather wander the famous halls of the Algonquin Hotel, drink in hand, searching for someone,Β anyone, who will keep her company on this side of...
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toewsβ 317 pages Book Blurb: Elf and Yoli are sisters. While on the surface Elfrieda’s life is enviable (she’s a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, and happily married) and Yolandi’s a mess (she’s divorced...
Everything Iβve Never Told You by Celeste Ngβ 336 pages Book Blurb: Lydia is dead. But they donβt know this yet . . . So begins this debut novel about a mixed-race family living in 1970s Ohio and the tragedy that will either be their undoing or their salvation. Lydia...