‘As an adult, I learned this: persist. Work hard.’ ‘Face rejection, weather the setbacks, until you meet the gatekeeper who will open a door for you.’ Jesmyn Ward grew up in a poor, rural community in Mississippi. Today, as...
Samantha thought following a mysterious diary around the French Quarter of New Orleans would be a harmless way to learn about her new hometown until it became about murder. Discover the places and people that make New Orleans unique...
For all the ten years of her life, Hà has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close by. But now the Vietnam War has reached her...
In a small Virginia town in 1971, a high school football star runs out on his pregnant girlfriend. Six years later, that child meets his father for the first time and discovers the athlete within. Before long he is...
An engrossing memoir of escaping the First Liberian Civil War and building a life in the United States When Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in...
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