A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terry Mcmillan Published by Signet 2002 pb: 480pp “A moving tapestry of familial love and redemption, A Day Late and a Dollar Short transported me into Terry Mcmillan’s fictional world and, like the best fiction, helped illuminate the corners of my own heart. [It] dared me not…
A Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story by Sister Souljah Published by: Simon Schuster, 2012 PB: 423pp Cold, raw, and filled with adventure and emotional intensity, A Deeper Love Inside tells an unforgettable coming-of-age story in the words of Porsche Santiaga, Winter s younger sister. Sharp-tongued, quick-witted Porsche worships her sister Winter. Cut…
A Moment of Silence: Midnight III by Suster Souljah Published by Atria, 2016 PB: 544pp In this electrifying novel, New York Times bestselling author and “an important voice in American literature” (Jada Pinkett Smith) Sister Souljah returns to the story of her beloved character, Midnight. Handsome, young, Muslim, and married to two women living in one house…
A World Without Sickle Cell by Peace Adetoro Published by Nielson Book Services,2018 PB:293pp A world without sickle cell is a fictional romantic novel, which highlights the effects of sickle cell anaemia. This novel creates awareness about the importance of the choices people should be making before marriage. Lola s tragic story is heartbreaking and…
And Still I Rise Published by Virago 2009 PB 100pp Maya Angelou s poetry – lyrical and dramatic, exuberant and playful – speaks of love, longing, partings; of Saturday night partying, and the smells and sounds of Southern cities; of freedom and shattered dreams.
Beloved by Toni Morrison Publisher: Vintage 1999 PB: 352 pp It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentuckhy, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle and Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of torment and agony. The world of Sethe, however, is…
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke Published by Serpents s Tale, 2018 PB:320pp When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules – a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger working the backwoods towns of Highway 59, knows all too well. Deeply conflicted about his home state, he was…
Chicken Soup For The Soul: I m Speaking Now – Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope by Amy Newmark & Breena Clarke Published by: Chicken Soup For The Soul, 2021 PB: 400pp Black women are speaking, for themselves and their families, and everyone is listening. This…
Clap when you land by Elizabeth Acevedo Published by:Bonnier books, 2020 PB:432pp Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people… In New York…
Disappearing Acts by Terry Mcmillan Published by Signet 2002 pb: Disappearing Acts is a funny, earthy novel about not-so-young-anymore lovers who try to stay together in spite of everything… Ribaldly realistic… but touchingly lyrical… this novel has vibrancy… With eloquence and style, Mcmillan gives her work a voice that is her own, one tough enough…
Dreams of Freedom by Linford Sweeney Published by Peaches Publications 2016 A collection of short stories set against the backdrop of Jamaican life over more than three hundred years. The stories are about people: their thoughts, dreams, struggles, resilience, a determination to be free, and to love and be loved.
Edge of Here by Kelechi Okafor Published by Trapeze, 2024 PB: 272pp Enter a world very close to our own . . .One in which technology can allow you to explore an alternate love-life with a stranger.Where you can experience the emotions of another person through a chip implanted in your brain.And where you can…
Every Light In The House Burnin by Andrea Levy Published by Headline Publishing Group, 1995 PB:320pp The remarkable, emotional debut novel, both funny and moving, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, from the critically aclaimed Andrea Levy, author of the Orange Prize winning SMALL ISLAND and the Man Booker shortlisted THE LONG…
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange Published by: Prentice Hall & IBD PB:80pp From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp s Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide when…
Getting To Happy by Terry McMillan Published by Berkley Books, 2012 PB, 479pp From the author of WAITING TO EXHALE… Best friends Savannah, Gloria, Bernadine, and Robin have had their share of broken marriages, concessions, and the lessons learned from taking happiness for granted. Now, with each at a crossroads that will define their future,…
Gloria by Kerry Young Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014 PB: 400pp Jamaica, 1938. Gloria Campbell is sixteen years old when a single violent act changes her life forever. She and her younger sister flee their hometown to forge a new life in Kingston. As all around them the city convulses with political change, Gloria s…