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Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Jones
3 available
Fiction Jones
3 available
Bordeaux - Adult Fiction
Fiction Jones
2 available
Fiction Jones
2 available
Donelson - Adult Fiction
Fiction Jones
1 available
Fiction Jones
1 available
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Bellevue - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Jones
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Jones
1 available
Bordeaux - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Jones
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Jones
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Jones
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Jones
1 available
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Main - Upon Request - Adult Book Club In A Bag
Book Club in a Bag
1 available
Book Club in a Bag
1 available
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Bellevue - Adult Large Print
Fiction Jones Large Type
1 available
Fiction Jones Large Type
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Adult Large Print
Fiction Jones Large Type
1 available
Fiction Jones Large Type
1 available
Inglewood - Adult Large Print
Fiction Jones Large Type
1 available
Fiction Jones Large Type
1 available
Description
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft...
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Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Wilkins
1 available
Fiction Wilkins
1 available
Bordeaux - Adult Fiction
Fiction Wilkins
1 available
Fiction Wilkins
1 available
Donelson - Adult Fiction
Fiction Wilkins
1 available
Fiction Wilkins
1 available
Description
In 1986, Marie Mitchell is a young African American woman working for the FBI. Frustrated that she's been overlooked for jobs because of her gender, she jumps at the opportunity to join a task force devoted to taking down the revolutionary president of Burkina Faso. After seducing Sankara, she finds herself torn between her duty to her country and the feelings she's developed for the man she's come to admire.
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Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Mbue
2 available
Fiction Mbue
2 available
East - Adult Fiction
Fiction Mbue
1 available
Fiction Mbue
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction
Fiction Mbue
1 available
Fiction Mbue
1 available
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Bordeaux - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Mbue
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Mbue
1 available
Main Library - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Mbue
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Mbue
1 available
Checked Out
4 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
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Main - Upon Request - Adult Book Club In A Bag
Book Club in a Bag
1 available
Book Club in a Bag
1 available
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Edmondson Pike - Adult Large Print
Fiction Mbue Large Type
1 available
Fiction Mbue Large Type
1 available
Description
From Cameroonian Mbue comes a debut novel about two immigrants struggling to find their footing in a new world. When Jende Jonga journeys to New York City from Cameroon in 2004 on a visitors' visa in hopes of obtaining a green card, he's sure his life will only improve. After saving up enough money to bring over Jende's wife, Neni, and six-year-old son, the family moves into an apartment in Harlem. Then Jende hits the jackpot in 2007 when he lands...
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Green Hills - Adult Fiction
Fiction Packer
2 available
Fiction Packer
2 available
Special Collections - Civil Rights Room
SpecColl Fiction Packer NCR
1 available
SpecColl Fiction Packer NCR
1 available
Description
The acclaimed debut short story collection that introduced the world to an arresting and unforgettable new voice in fiction, from multi-award winning author ZZ Packer
Her impressive range and talent are abundantly evident: Packer dazzles with her command of language, surprising and delighting us with unexpected turns and indelible images, as she takes us into the lives of characters on the periphery, unsure of where they belong. We
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Madison - Adult Large Print
Fiction Dennis Large Type
1 available
Fiction Dennis Large Type
1 available
Richland Park - Adult Large Print
Fiction Dennis Large Type
1 available
Fiction Dennis Large Type
1 available
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Edmondson Pike - Adult Audiobook
PLAYAWAY Fiction Dennis
1 available
PLAYAWAY Fiction Dennis
1 available
Main Library - Adult Audiobook
PLAYAWAY Fiction Dennis
1 available
PLAYAWAY Fiction Dennis
1 available
Description
"In this radiant, highly anticipated debut, a cast of unforgettable women battle for independence while a maelstrom of change threatens their Jamaican village. Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis- Benn pens a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and the wide expanse of turquoise seas. At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her younger sister, Thandi, to school. Taught as a...
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Donelson - Adult Fiction
Fiction Washing
1 available
Fiction Washing
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction
Fiction Washing
1 available
Fiction Washing
1 available
Green Hills - Adult Fiction
Fiction Washing
1 available
Fiction Washing
1 available
Description
"A rom-com novel about two young people at a crossroads in their relationship"--
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Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Bennett
1 available
Fiction Bennett
1 available
Bordeaux - Adult Fiction
Fiction Bennett
1 available
Fiction Bennett
1 available
Edgehill - Adult Fiction
Fiction Bennett
1 available
Fiction Bennett
1 available
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Edmondson Pike - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Bennett
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Bennett
1 available
Main Library - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Bennett
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Bennett
1 available
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East - Adult Large Print
Fiction Bennett Large Type
1 available
Fiction Bennett Large Type
1 available
Southeast - Adult Large Print
Fiction Bennett Large Type
1 available
Fiction Bennett Large Type
1 available
Description
"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 mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret. "All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd...
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Bordeaux - Adult Fiction
Fiction Watts
1 available
Fiction Watts
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction
Fiction Watts
1 available
Fiction Watts
1 available
Green Hills - Adult Fiction
Fiction Watts
1 available
Fiction Watts
1 available
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Edmondson Pike - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Watts
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Watts
1 available
Green Hills - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Watts
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Watts
1 available
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Southeast - Adult Large Print
Fiction Watts Large Type
1 available
Fiction Watts Large Type
1 available
Description
"JJ Ferguson has returned home to Pinewood, North Carolina, to build his dream house and to pursue his high school sweetheart, Ava. But as he reenters his former world, where factories are in decline and the legacy of Jim Crow is still felt, he's startled to find that the people he once knew and loved have changed just as much as he has. Ava is now married and desperate for a baby, though she can't seem to carry one to term. Her husband, Henry, has...
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Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Evans
1 available
Fiction Evans
1 available
Bordeaux - Adult Fiction
Fiction Evans
1 available
Fiction Evans
1 available
Donelson - Adult Fiction
Fiction Evans
1 available
Fiction Evans
1 available
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
"The award-winning author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self brings her signature voice and insight to the subjects of race, grief, apology, and American history. Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into the complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters' lives in a way that allows them to speak...
10) Queenie
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Edgehill - Adult Fiction
Fiction Carty-W
1 available
Fiction Carty-W
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction
Fiction Carty-W
1 available
Fiction Carty-W
1 available
Thompson Lane - Adult Fiction
Fiction Carty-W
1 available
Fiction Carty-W
1 available
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Bordeaux - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Carty-W
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Carty-W
1 available
Hermitage - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Carty-W
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Carty-W
1 available
Checked Out
2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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Edgehill - Adult Large Print
Fiction Carty-W Large Type
1 available
Fiction Carty-W Large Type
1 available
Description
"'[B]rilliant, timely, funny, heartbreaking.'--Jojo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You; Bridget Jones's Diary meets Americanah in this disarmingly honest, boldly political, and truly inclusive novel that will speak to anyone who has gone looking for love and found something very different in its place. Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into...
11) Real life
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Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Taylor
1 available
Fiction Taylor
1 available
Edgehill - Adult Fiction
Fiction Taylor
1 available
Fiction Taylor
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction
Fiction Taylor
1 available
Fiction Taylor
1 available
Description
"A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend -- and a lifetime of buried pain. Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midwestern university town where he is working toward a biochem degree. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends -- some dating each other,...
12) Red at the bone
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Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Woodson
1 available
Fiction Woodson
1 available
Bordeaux - Adult Fiction
Fiction Woodson
1 available
Fiction Woodson
1 available
Donelson - Adult Fiction
Fiction Woodson
1 available
Fiction Woodson
1 available
On Shelf
Bordeaux - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Woodson
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Woodson
1 available
Looby - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Woodson
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Woodson
1 available
Southeast - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Woodson
1 available
CD AUDIO Fiction Woodson
1 available
On Shelf
Main - Upon Request - Adult Book Club In A Bag
Book Club in a Bag
1 available
Book Club in a Bag
1 available
On Shelf
Edgehill - Adult Large Print
Fiction Woodson Large Type
1 available
Fiction Woodson Large Type
1 available
Looby - Adult Large Print
Fiction Woodson Large Type
1 available
Fiction Woodson Large Type
1 available
North - Adult Large Print
Fiction Woodson Large Type
1 available
Fiction Woodson Large Type
1 available
Description
Two families from different social classes are joined together by an unexpected pregnancy and the child that it produces.
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Bordeaux - Adult Fiction
Fiction Ward
1 available
Fiction Ward
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction
Fiction Ward
1 available
Fiction Ward
1 available
Thompson Lane - Adult Fiction
Fiction Ward
1 available
Fiction Ward
1 available
Checked Out
2 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
Description
Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.
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Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Philyaw
1 available
Fiction Philyaw
1 available
Bordeaux - Adult Fiction
Fiction Philyaw
1 available
Fiction Philyaw
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction
Fiction Philyaw
1 available
Fiction Philyaw
1 available
Description
"The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions"--
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Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Gray
1 available
Fiction Gray
1 available
Edgehill - Adult Fiction
Fiction Gray
1 available
Fiction Gray
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction
Fiction Gray
1 available
Fiction Gray
1 available
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Green Hills - Adult Large Print
Fiction Gray Large Type
1 available
Fiction Gray Large Type
1 available
Southeast - Adult Large Print
Fiction Gray Large Type
1 available
Fiction Gray Large Type
1 available
Description
"The Mothers meets An American Marriage in this dazzling debut novel about mothers and daughters, identity and family, and how the relationships that sustain you can also be the ones that consume you. The Butler family has had their share of trials. As sisters, Althea, Viola, and Lillian can attest. But nothing prepared them for the literal trial that will upend their lives. Althea, the eldest sister and substitute matriarch, is a force to be reckoned...
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Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Johnson
1 available
Fiction Johnson
1 available
Bordeaux - Adult Fiction
Fiction Johnson
1 available
Fiction Johnson
1 available
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction
Fiction Johnson
1 available
Fiction Johnson
1 available
Description
It's 2008, and the rise of Barack Obama ushers in a new kind of hope. In Chicago, Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man. He's eager to start a family, but Ruth is uncertain. She has never gotten over the baby she gave birth to, and abandoned, when she was a teenager. She had promised her family she'd never look back, but Ruth knows that to move forward, she must make peace with the past. Returning...
17) Mama Day
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Mama Day uses her ancient knowledge of herbal medicine and pits herself in mortal combat with dark forces that threaten the body and soul of her niece, Cocoa.
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Green Hills - Adult Fiction
Fiction Jeffers
1 available
Fiction Jeffers
1 available
Hermitage - Adult Fiction
Fiction Jeffers
1 available
Fiction Jeffers
1 available
Madison - Adult Fiction
Fiction Jeffers
1 available
Fiction Jeffers
1 available
Checked Out
2 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
Description
To come to terms with who she is and what she wants, Ailey, the daughter of an accomplished doctor and a strict schoolteacher, embarks on a journey through her family's past, helping her embrace her full heritage, which is the story of the Black experience in itself.