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Kin
by Tayari Jones
Fated to live very different lives, Vernice and Annie have been best friends and neighbors since early childhood in Honeysuckle, Louisiana. Vernice leaves at eighteen for Spelman College and joins a sisterhood of powerfully connected Black women which opens up a new world for her. Annie, determined to find the mother who abandoned her as a child, lives in a world of peril and adversity but also love and adventure.
As a testament to the deep relationships between mothers and daughters, friends and sisters, this emotional story paints the complexities of being a woman in the American South.
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Tolani Akinola "The four Longe siblings return home to confront the state of their own lives resulting in an overdue explosion threaded with secrets and long-held resentment." |
Douglas Stuart "John-Calum Macleod returns home to the island of Harris to find that little has changed except for him. Upon his return, the fragile community begins to fray." |
Steven Rowley "When Norman disappears via light beam from above, Jesse struggles with his disappearance and sudden abandonment after thirty years together." |
Kristy Woodson Harvey "Daisy Stevens, burnt-out NICU nurse, is looking for a new and slower life. Hoping to find it in Cape Carolina, her plans change when an abandoned baby shakes the community." |
Alexandra Oliva "The stories of the Girard family as they communicate with intelligent life eleven light-years away. All that is known is that they know we exist too." |
Julia Langbein "During an introspective episode in her mid-forties, Jean reflects on the ill-advised affair she had with a professor in 1998, guiding her prayers to Monica Lewinsky." |
Jesse Q. Sutanto "Mebel is going to win back her husband of forty years who left her for their private chef. First, she must enroll in culinary school." |
Elizabeth Strout "Middle-aged high school teacher Artie is a man with a secret. When a sailing accident leaves him reeling, he discovers that he isn't the only one keeping things close to his chest. " |
Xochitl Gonzalez "In early 2000s Fort Greene, Alicia is enthralled by the nightlife scene surrounding La Garza, famous fashion designer. Years later, Alicia and La Garza's paths cross, leading to a devastating reunion." |
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