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Historical Fiction April 2022
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| Carolina Built by Kianna AlexanderWhat it is: A well-researched imagined biography of real-life entrepreneur and real estate magnate Josephine N. Leary.
Set in: Edenton, North Carolina, the coastal town where Josephine was born into slavery and eventually built her financial empire after the Civil War.
Also available in eBook & eAudiobook on CloudLibrary |
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| Don't Cry for Me by Daniel BlackWhat it's about: Jacob Swinton is on his deathbed, where he begins writing a letter to his estranged gay son Isaac in which he explores the ups and downs of their relationship, family history, and the complexities of Black masculinity.
Read it for: The evocative portraits of Jim Crow Arkansas and Civil Rights era Kansas City; the "quiet intimacy" (Library Journal) and reflective tone in which the story is told.
Also available in eBook on Libby |
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| Black Cloud Rising by David Wright FaladéWhat it is: The richly detailed, thought-provoking story of a Union Army brigade made up of recently emancipated Black men and their journey through Confederate-occupied Virginia in 1863.
Starring: The brigade's leader Sergeant Richard Etheridge, a mixed-race man struggling to balance his zeal to destroy slavery, his complex feelings about his slave-owning white father, and his disappointment in the deeply entrenched racism of the Union Army.
Also available in eBook on Hoopla |
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| Chorus by Rebecca KauffmanWhat it is: The lyrical and character-driven story of the seven Shaw siblings, each of whom shares their perspectives on two defining moments in their lives -- one of the siblings' teenage pregnancy and their mother's mysterious early death.
Where it's set: The Shaw family farm in rural Virginia between 1903 and 1959. |
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| Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth MacnealWhat it's about: Nell has always been stared at in her small English village thanks to the mottled birthmarks that cover her body, but fate gives her the chance for attention on her own terms after her father sells her to a traveling circus and its proprietor lets her perform acrobatic stunts instead of being a sideshow attraction.
Read it for: Nell's indefatigable spirit; the sense of foreboding that builds as Nell becomes the most popular act in the circus; the thought-provoking juxtaposition between the story's Victorian setting and the modern questions raised about autonomy and media manipulation. |
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