![]() ![]() Joan begins to understand that her mother, her mother’s mother, and the mothers before them persevered, made impossible choices, and put their dreams on hold so that her life would not have to be defined by loss and anger-that the sole instrument she needs for healing is her paintbrush. One of her subjects is their enigmatic neighbor Miss Dawn, who claims to know something about curses, and whose stories about the past help Joan see how her passion, imagination, and relentless hope are, in fact, the continuation of a long matrilineal tradition. ![]() ![]() Joan tries to settle into her new life, but family secrets cast a longer shadow than any of them expected.Īs she grows up, Joan finds relief in her artwork, painting portraits of the community in Memphis. Half a century earlier, Joan’s grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass-only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family’s trajectory. Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother’s ancestral home in Memphis. A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter’s discovery that she has the power to change her family’s legacy. ![]()
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In Indonesia, a genetics researcher identifies a breakthrough treatment for autism. In Antarctica, a research expedition discovers an ancient structure buried deep in the ice. Riddle's groundbreaking Origin Mystery Trilogy -the series that has been translated in 24 languages and sold over THREE MILLION COPIES worldwide. ![]() ![]() A complete demelanization will liberate you from the confines of being born in a black body-if you can afford it. 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This is a golden chance for a Christie completist to acquire a serious rarity. ![]() Further images can be supplied on request. ![]() Remarkably, the original dustwrapper is still present and in near-fine condition with just minuscule loss at the corners and foot of the spine, which should be visible in the accompanying photos. The pages throughout are lightly and evenly tanned and the first owner's name and address are neatly written,together with the date December1926,to the front free endpaper. The orange covers are really fine and, with the exception of a small mark at the bottom right front corner, the book appears " as new" - remarkable for a title nearly 100 years old. This edition, the Cheap Edition,priced at 2/-, and with completely new artwork for the dustwrapper, followed in March 1926. To put it into context, the first edition was issued in the US in 1920, followed by Canada and then the UK first in 1921, priced at 7/6.The second edition or Popular Edition was issued in February 1923, priced at 3/6. I've never seen another copy with or without the dustwrapper and it's possibly even rarer than the first printing. An exceptionally rare early dustwrappered edition of Agatha Christie's first detection novel featuring Hercule Poirot. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even when she is relating a truth that is less than delightful to say the least, it is a pleasure to read her keen insights and is very much like being there. ![]() Scot’s prose is wonderfully rich and specific. Luckily, Scot’s book has real insight, balance, and compassion, and is worth reading for people who are already fascinated with Nepal, as well as for people who know nothing of the region. ![]() In these days when loving anything Buddhist or Asian is trendy, a work should be more than just another “East is best” narrative to be worth reading-we got that message already. It is also an in-depth look at the situation of women in Nepal of every age and financial bracket. But The Violet Shyness of Their Eyes is more than a simple travel narrative. Word Bomb: The Violet Shyness of Their Eyes The Violet Shyness of Their Eyes: Notes from Nepalīarbara Scot writes a compelling account of travels in Nepal, a place rich in fascinating cultures, animals, and faiths. ![]() ![]() Mikey struggles with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder. This book is entirely about the regular kids who live their lives in the background of huge, epic events that they know very little about. 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This YA follows the narrator, Mikey, his friends, and his family as they try to get through their last months of high school. ![]() ![]() Patrick Ness’ book The Rest of Just Live Here turned out to be completely different from what I expected – but in a good way. Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult ![]() ![]() From world to word and character to character, Roth displays her signature hand for world building, and, above all, compassion for people at ends and beginnings." - Somaiya Daud, author of Mirage "Roth once again challenges readers' imaginations with her divergent thinking. ![]() They serve as an introduction to Roth's work and a showcase of her versatility, though existing fans will get the most out of these offerings." - Publishers Weekly "Each story in Roth's timeless collection-like all great science fiction-is about humanity, how technology can transform our relationships with each other, how it can highlight love and joy and grief, and the delicate web of all that makes us human." - Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Warcross Series "A marvel of genre dexterity. ![]() Riveting." - Kirkus Reviews "In these stories, Roth invokes romance, action, family, revenge, and loss. "Roth's stories are compelling, emotionally evocative, and satisfying. ![]() ![]() ![]() He recently published a chapbook, Star Map with Action Figures (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2019). ![]() Other books include The Tether (FSG, 2002), winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, Double Shadow (FSG, 2012), winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Silverchest (FSG, 2014), a finalist for the Griffin Prize. Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, called it “haunting and contemplative as the torch song for which the collection is named.” His selected poems, Quiver of Arrows: Selected Poems 1986-2006, was published by FSG in 2007. His other books include Wild Is the Wind (FSG, 2018), winner of a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Carl Phillips reads from his poetry and discusses it with Lia Purpura.Ĭarl Phillips is the author of 15 books of poetry, most recently Pale Colors in a Tall Field (FSG, 2020). ![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Jennifer Jackson, Donald Maass Literary Agency. With no character innovation and a stronger-than-usual whiff of eugenics, this installment suggests the series has lost its visionary spark. Can Tolya and his Intuit partner, Jesse Walker, organize the immigration of enough desirable residents before grifters like the Blackstone Clan slip in and subvert the new order? Bishop overtly frames this as a wild west showdown, complete with a gun battle in the town square, but such trappings do little to spruce up the now-tired premise of greedy, foolish humans underestimating the Others and getting spectacularly demolished. Wild Country Anne Bishop 4.26 11,127 ratings1,259 reviews In this powerful and exciting fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, humans and the shape-shifting Others will see whether they can live side by side.without destroying one another. If Bennett is to endure as more than a train stop, it needs more people. The handful who survive are Intuits, a marginal group of precognitives. Tolya Sanguinati, a vampiric Other, becomes mayor of Bennett after the human population is nearly wiped out by the Elders, an unimaginably powerful form of Other. Bennett, a Midwest town, was previously a secondary location in the series, which focused on Upstate New York. Following the first-person experiment of 2018’s Lake Silence, the first book in the World of the Others continuation of the paranormal Others series, Bishop reverts to form, using multiple third-person perspectives to tell an unsatisfying story that doesn’t quite stand alone. ![]() |