Brit Bennett
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English
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A Year in GoodReads 5 Star Ratings
August Inclusive Reads
Black History Month: The Black Family
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"The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Fiction about Reproductive Rights
Library Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee: Great Reads
Staff Picks--Black History Month 2024 Edition
Library Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee: Great Reads
Staff Picks--Black History Month 2024 Edition
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"A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community--and the things that ultimately haunt us most"--
"A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community--and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Description
Nº1 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST
Nominada al National Book Award 2020 y al Women's Prize for Fiction 2021
Nº1 de la Indie Next List
Entre los mejores libros del 2020 según The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, People, Time Magazine y Vanity Fair
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Publisher
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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The American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in this "forceful, beautifully written" (Associated Press) collection that brings together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case.
On January 19, 1920, a small group of idealists and visionaries, including Helen Keller, Jane Addams, Roger Baldwin, and Crystal Eastman,...
On January 19, 1920, a small group of idealists and visionaries, including Helen Keller, Jane Addams, Roger Baldwin, and Crystal Eastman,...