LibraryAware Multicultural Authors Aug-Sep 2023

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The Books of Jacob : or, A Fantastic Journey...
by Olga Tokarczuk

Set in the mid-18th century, this sweeping novel follows a mysterious, Messianic religious leader as he, traversing the Hapsburg and Ottoman empires, reinvents himself again and again and wreaks havoc on the conventional order, Jewish and Christian alike.

The Daughters of Izdihar
by Hadeer Elsbai

Joining the Daughters of Izdihar, a radical women's group working to attain recognition for women to have a say in their own lives, Neha and Giogina, both of whom possess forbidden elemental magic, struggle to earn—and keep—a lasting freedom.

Don't Fear the Reaper
by Stephen Graham Jones

Returning to rural Proofrock after being released from prison, Jade Daniels runs afoul of a convicted serial killer, who escapes from a prison transfer in a blizzard, in the second novel of the series following My Heart is a Chainsaw.

The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights
by Kitty Zeldis

In 1919 Brooklyn, dress shop owner Beatrice forms a close friendship with a neighbor, leaving Alice, the teenaged orphan she brought to the north, feeling left out, setting off a series of events that force all three women to confront the past to envision a better future.

The Incredible Events In Women's Cell Number 3
by Kira ëIìArmysh

Arrested at a Moscow anti-corruption rally and sentenced to a 10-day stretch at a special detention center, Anya shares a cell with five other women from all walks of life, and, plagued by strange nightmarish visions, discovers her cellmates may not be as ordinary as they seem.

Independence Square
by Martin Cruz Smith

While dealing with his Parkinson's disease diagnosis, Russian detective Arkady Renko agrees to search for an acquaintance's missing daughter whom he discovers was an anti-Putin activist, as the country's leaders begin to plot an invasion of Ukraine.

Maame
by Jessica George

A young British Ghanaian woman navigates her 20s and finds her place in the world.

Natural Beauty : a Novel
by Ling Ling Huang

Giving up her future as a pianist to take care of her parents, the narrator starts working at a high-end beauty and wellness store in NYC, which affords her entry into a new world of privilege where she discovers, beneath the fancy creams and tinctures, lies a terrible truth threatening to consume her.

Red London : a Novel
by Alma Katsu

CIA agent Lyndsey Duncan's newest asset might just be her long-needed confidante… or her greatest betrayal.

Sam : a Novel
by Allegra Goodman

Grappling with self-doubt and insecurity as she grows into her teens, Sam, yearning for her climbing coach's attention, dealing with her father's absence and raging against her mother's constant pressure, must decide who she wants to be in the face of what she's expected to do.

We Are Not Like Them : a Novel
by Christine Pride

The lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, is severely tested when one woman's husband, a police officer, is involved in the shooting of an unarmed Black teenager, while the other woman, a reporter, covers this career-making story.

Woman of Light : a Novel
by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

In 1930s Denver, Luz “Little Light” Lopez, a tea leaf reader and laundress, begins having visions that transport her to her Indigenous homeland in the nearby Lost Territory where she must save her family stories from disappearing into oblivion.

Carry : a Memoir of Survival On Stolen Land
by Toni Jensen

Explains what it means to exist as an indigenous woman in America, told in snapshots of the author's encounters with gun violence.

How Not To Drown In a Glass of Water
by Angie Cruz

Forced back into the job market after losing her factory gig during the Great Recession, 50-something Cara Romero narrates the story of her life to her career counselor and confronts her darkest secrets and regrets.

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
by Roshani Chokshi

Breaking the promise he made to his beautiful wife, to never pry into her past, when they arrive at her childhood home, a crumbling manor shrouded in mystery, a scholar of myths must choose between reality and fantasy, even if doing so threatens to destroy their marriage—or their lives.

The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O'Farrell

In Florence during the 1550s, captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici, having barely left girlhood behind, marries the ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, and now, in an unfamiliar court where she has one duty—to provide an heir—fights for her very survival.

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