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The Island of Sea Women
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The Vanishing Half |
Review: Lia See's latest book is a fascinating read about an all-women Korean diving group on the island of Jeju. The women divers are called haenyeo, which means sea women, and they harvest seaweed and shellfish from the ocean's bottom to support their families. These amazing women can dive ... More |
From the Jacket: "A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island.... More |
Review: The beautiful cover that catches your eye and the idea of a Black woman passing for White is just the beginning. The real crux of this book is identity. This is one of those books with so much to say and think about... More |
From the Jacket: -From The New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.... More |
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Review: This book depicts the struggles of being different and the evil that surfaces when people feel threatened by the unknown. Real-life can be harsh. Cussy has blue skin and suffers discrimination and loneliness because people don't understand ... More |
From the Jacket: -In 1936, Bluet is the last of the Kentucky Blues. In the dusty Appalachian hills of Troublesome Creek, nineteen and blue-skinned, Bluet has used up her last chance for "respectability" and a marriage bed. Instead, she joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a librarian, ... More |
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Kim Michele Richardson has written a fascinating novel about people almost forgotten by history: Kentucky's pack-horse librarians and "blue people." The factual information alone would make this book a treasure, but with her impressive storytelling and empathy, Richardson gives us so much more." - Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of One Foot in Eden and Serena
"[Richardson] explores a premise that's highly unusual - and utterly compelling ... A quick, riveting read that celebrates the power of both books and community." - Toronto Star ... More |
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