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This Motherless Land

January 27, 2025

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A loving, happy, Nigerian family is torn apart when a daughter survives a horrific car crash that leaves her mother and brother dead and her father’s grief makes him hate her for surviving. This is ... Read More...

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Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom

January 13, 2025

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In the northern territory of Montana in 1872 a 16-year-old Crow Nation girl named Goes First marries an American fur trader twice her age. Her life and travels with him form the center point of ... Read More...

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A Song to Drown Rivers

October 10, 2024

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  There is a Chinese folk tale about four sisters so beautiful they could be denied nothing.  One of those sisters is Xishi and in Ann Liang’s novel, A Song to Drown Rivers, she is called upon ... Read More...

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The Lion Women of Tehran

July 12, 2024

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When Ellie’s father unexpectedly dies, she and her mother find their circumstances dramatically changed for the worse. There is so little money left they have to sell their beautiful home and move to ... Read More...

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The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza

April 18, 2024

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Sara is at a low point when her favorite aunt dies. Her well-reviewed restaurant has closed, she’s bankrupt, and her husband is leaving her and wants custody of their daughter. It’s a mixed blessing ... Read More...

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