Repentance by Eloísa Díaz
Thank you to the individual who placed Repentance on display in the New Books section of my local library! I’m so glad I spied it and gave it a try. A...
Category: Historical
Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
When American Dirt was published by Flatiron books (a division of Macmillan), there was a storm of protest from hundreds of writers. One of their many concerns involved the discriminatory practices...
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
Of Women and Salt is a work of fiction published by Flatiron Books in 2021 and authored by Gabriela Garcia (not to be confused with the athlete Gabi Garcia or the...
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
The English edition of A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende (Translated by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson) was published in 2020 by Ballantine Books. Born in Lima, Peru...
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
In an interview, Diane Wilson stated that, “At its heart, this novel is a tribute and a prayer and a gesture of gratitude to the seeds that have sustained indigenous communities...
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
At the end of my fourth-grade year, in 1956 when I was ten, my father borrowed money from my grandfather to purchase the former Homelawn Hotel and convert it to a...
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Etaf Rum’s powerful debut novel, A Woman Is No Man reveals the lives of three generations of Palestinian-American women told in primarily two time periods (1990 and present day). Through these...
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
The crime at the heart of this novel occurs in 1826 in London: Frannie Langton is accused of the brutal double murder of her employers George Benham, who is a famous...
The Cold Millions by Jess Walter
A Beautifully Written Tribute to Those Who Fought for Social Justice I loved this historical fiction novel as much as The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash. And that’s enormous praise! Both...
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Before I began attending The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library System’s Social Justice Book Clubs and Learning Circles devoted to teaching and discussing Black History, I had never heard of Octavia E. Butler....
