![]() ![]() Throughout the book, there is this sense of ghost-like longing, a distant ache to reconcile a childhood without having to bare one’s soul in the process. This oddly tenuous privilege, hard-won and yet still as easily diminished or destroyed as any other black experience, is clearly something Jefferson has grappled with - in turns proud and ashamed. ![]() At a time when black people are disrupting presidential campaign speeches nationwide in an effort to be recognized as human beings, “Negroland,” the new memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning cultural critic Margo Jefferson, offers poignant insight into what it means to have been raised in the sheltered Kingdom of Negroes that Jefferson refers to as “the Third Race” - upper-middle-class African Americans who, among a long list of other things, “refused to be held back by the lower element.” Particularly as that “lower element” - then and now - likely translates to the black people who are getting killed in staggering numbers by police violence, who earn on average far less than their white counterparts, who live unveiled and unprotected in the face of rampant systemic racism. ![]()
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![]() Only, there is a definite hitch in their plans, and his name is Bryant.Bryant is a thief sent to retrieve the necklace, but Min knows immediately that he is bad news. ![]() He convinces Min that it would be advantageous for them to pretend to be engaged, therefore making it easier for them to be seen together and for her to ward off would be suitors.They go about discovering the whereabouts of the necklace. It masqueraded as having a simple plot line of a clumsy girl falling for a thief.I was shocked and happy to see that it was so much more! Min is a hilariously awkward character that stumbles into discovering the truth behind a hidden necklace that she needs to find in order to save her mother.Arthur, her best friend, who is secretly in love with her, promises his aunt that he will find the necklace and with Min by his side he’s more than happy to do so. ![]() Reviewed by: RachelBook provided by: PublisherReview originally posted at Romancing the BookThis was a very interesting historical read. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nielsen weaves an extraordinary tapestry of survival and disaster in this magnificent thriller. The danger only intensifies when calamity strikes, and readers will be caught up in the terror and suspense alongside Hazel as she fights to save her friends and herself.īestselling author Jennifer A. With the help of a porter named Charlie and a sweet first-class passenger named Sylvia, Hazel explores the opulent ship in secret, but a haunting mystery quickly finds her. When Hazel discovers that mother didn’t send her with enough money for a ticket, she decides she must stow away onboard the storied ship. ![]() Following the untimely death of her father, Hazel’s mother is sending her to the US to work in a factory, so that she might send money back home to help her family make ends meet.īut Hazel harbors a secret dream: She wants to be a journalist, and she just knows that if she can write and sell a story about the Titanic's maiden voyage, she could earn enough money to support her family and not have to go to a sweatshop. ![]() Hazel Rothbury is traveling all alone from her home in England aboard the celebrated ship Titanic. A thrilling tale from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer A. As disaster looms on the horizon, a young stowaway onboard the Titanic will need all her courage and wits to stay alive. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I don't feel like this book should have taken up TWO of my audible credits and I don't think I would have wanted to pay the almost $30 I would have had to pay for both books. Why are we doing this? It seems to be a trend that I'm seeing now and it is irritating. I have a pet peeve with books that are two short novellas that should have just been one book. I loved that the reaction to the "secret" was reasonable and not blown over the top and I loved that the resolve was also reasonable and didn't consist of either of them loosing themselves or doing something they didn't want to do. ![]() Even thought it takes place over a few months the author showed the time passing so it wasn't always feeling like one day immediately after another. I loved that it wasn't an instalove story. I found myself really excited to see what happens next. I loved reading a different twist on the millionaire meets the naive virgin story that has been told many times. I am writing this review based on Book 1 and 2 together I really enjoyed this book. ![]() ![]() ![]() People are vanishing, and strange deaths plague the town. ![]() And Cicely Waters, a witch who can control the wind, may be the only one who can stop her-and save her beloved Fae prince from the Queen's enslavement.Ĭicely Waters, a witch who can control the wind, has returned home to New Forest, Washington, after learning that her family is in danger. Now Myst, the Vampiric Fae Queen of the Indigo Court, has enough power to begin a long prophesied supernatural war. Eons ago, vampires tried to turn the Dark Fae in order to harness their magic, only to create a demonic enemy more powerful than they imagined. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This novel imagines the 1892 Borden axe murders from four different perspectives, including that of the real-life primary suspect, Lizzie Borden her older sister, Emma their housemaid, Bridget and a stranger named Benjamin. Whatever might be true, a group of reformers looking to see Grace pardoned call in an expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness in Alias Grace to examine her and plead her case. But did she really do it? Some believe she's guilty and rightfully imprisoned. Grace Marks was convicted for her involvement in the murder of her employer and his housekeeper in the nineteenth century. Hur wrote an incredibly interesting newsletter going into the background of Crown Prince Jangheon. Not so much based on a mystery as a mysterious figure from Korean history, this book follows a young nurse working in the royal palace when a string of murders seem to implicate the dangerous Crown Prince. This novel is inspired by a mystery from 1900 in which three lighthouse keepers at Eilean Mor disappeared, leaving behind only a series of mysterious clues: the door locked from the inside, a stopped clock, and a strange series of final entries about a terrifying storm. These fictional takes on real stories are exactly the sort of high-stakes, unputdownable reading perfect for summer. Who doesn't love a good historical mystery? Unsolved cases, theories on top of theories, and unreliable narrators abound in the genre-especially when it comes to historical fiction based on actual mysteries from the past. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() She feels his frustration, but she can’t give up this thing that drives her. She only wishes Pierre could understand her need to work. ![]() She has an exciting and challenging position working for a master perfumer, helping to design completely new fragrances for clients and building her career one scent at a time. She still grieves for the baby boy she gave up years ago, when she was only a child herself, but she loves being a mother to her daughters, and she’s finally found her passion - the treasure trove of scents. Radha is now living in Paris with her husband, Pierre, and their two daughters. ![]() From the author of Reese’s Book Club Pick The Henna Artist, the final chapter in Alka Joshi‘s New York Times bestselling Jaipur trilogy takes readers to 1970s Paris, where Radha’s budding career as a perfumer must compete with the demands of her family and the secrets of her past. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then he went home and had to stay mostly in his bedroom, isolated with a dedicated worker in full protective personal equipment, or PPE (mask, gown, gloves, shield) for three entire days, until the test came back. A nurse shoved a long flexible wand up his nose and down his throat, an experience people have likened to drowning. “And everyone else was upset, because they didn’t get to go.”Īs it turns out, Walker’s adventure wasn’t such a prize. “He was really excited,” Emily remembers. Now Walker was getting the adventure, alone. Walker and his clan love the van they (used to) take trips all the time. A trip means a journey into the great world, into the realm of the normal and the Other, the vehicular equivalent of Sir Ernest Shackleton setting out across the ocean for an unknown land. ![]() ![]() In a house where no one is verbal, where routines and gestures and familiar phrases replace sentences and complicated explanations, the Fetching of the Van Keys is more or less equivalent to the second coming of Jesus. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s the story of a mole whose underground lifestyle is lonely until he meets another mole who shares his aversion to the sun. This is a rebus book where pictures appear in the middle of the text and kids as young as one and a half have a great time “reading” the pictures. The repetition of sounds (floppy, gloppy, sloppy, choppy, chewy, gooey) makes this fun to read, and the surprise ending gives it a delightful twist. ![]() Her poems about the animals who live in the rice fields and the people who depend upon the harvest reflect her deep love for the Balinese people.Ī funny story (set to the rhythm of This is the House that Jack Built) about the building of chef Pat’s pizza. The author lived for eight years in Bali. The illustrations are a powerful yet gentle reflection of this story of a remarkable young woman whose strength and courage saved the Jewish people of ancient Persia from the edict of the evil Haman. The story of Purim is told in a lively, modern style that makes this biblical tale come alive with humanity and passion. ![]() Here is a book starring twenty-one words, a blank piece of paper, and a train of thought. ![]() |