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• An Autobiography of Skin

  Carr, Lakiesha,

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  A middle-aged colon hydrotherapist feeds the slots at a secret parlor, fighting memories of gendered violence with plastic cups of Crown Royal. A mother attempts to bleach her infant son's skin in response to watching police brutality and the cold…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All the Little Bird-hearts

  Lloyd-Barlow, Viktoria, 1974-

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  Sunday Forrester lives with her sixteen-year-old daughter, Dolly, in the house she grew up in. She does things more carefully than most people. On quiet days, she must eat only white foods. Her etiquette handbook guides her through confusing social…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Candelaria

  a Novel

  Lozada-Oliva, Melissa,

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  Your granddaughters are lost, Candelaria. Bianca, the brainy archaeologist, had to forfeit her life's work in Guatemala after her advisor seduced and deserted her. Paola, missing for over a decade, resurfaces in Boston as a brainwashed wellness…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Grandmother Begins the Story

  Porter, Michelle, 1975-

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  Carter is a young mother, recently separated. She is curious, angry, and on a quest to find out what the heritage she only learned of in her teens truly means. Allie, Carter's mother, is trying to make up for the lost years with her first born, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Banyan Moon

  a Novel

  Thai, Thao,

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  When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life is already at a crossroads. In the years since she's last seen Minh, Ann has built a seemingly perfect life--a beautiful lake house, a charming…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Neruda on the Park

  a Novel

  Natera, Cleyvis,

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  When the crash of a wrecking ball signals the demolition of an old neighboring tenement, Eusebia, an elder of the community, quietly devises an increasingly dangerous series of schemes to stop construction of the luxury condos that will take their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow

  a Novel

  Kuku, Damilare,

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  Freshly out of Obafemi Awolowo University, 20-year-old Temi has a clear plan for her future: she is going to surgically enlarge her backside like all the other Nigerian women, move from Ile-Ife to Lagos, and meet a man who will love her senseless.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bear

  a Novel

  Phillips, Julia,

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  Sam and Elena dream of another life. On the island off the coast of Washington where they were born and raised, they and their mother struggle to survive. Sam works on the ferry that delivers wealthy mainlanders to their vacation homes while Elena…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Detransition, Baby

  a Novel

  Peters, Torrey,

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  Reese had what previous generations of trans women could only dream of; the only thing missing was a child. Then her girlfriend Amy detransitioned and became Ames, and everything fell apart. Ames thought detransitioning to live as a man would make…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red at the Bone

  Woodson, Jacqueline,

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  As the book opens in 2001, it is the evening of sixteen-year-old Melody's coming of age ceremony in her grandparents' Brooklyn brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the music of Prince, she wears a special…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Family Lore

  a Novel

  Acevedo, Elizabeth,

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  Sisters Matilde, Pastora, Camila, and Flor thought they knew each other well, until Flor--inspired by a documentary her daughter Ona made her watch--decides she wants a living wake, a party to bring her family and community together and celebrate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Sister, the Serial Killer

  a Novel

  Braithwaite, Oyinkan,

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  Korede, is in love with a handsome doctor at the Nigerian hospital where she works, but can't bring herself to pursue him because her sister, Ayoola, has a habit of killing her boyfriends--three so far--which means she's officially a serial killer.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Central Places

  a Novel

  Cai, Delia,

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  Audrey Zhou left Hickory Grove, the tiny town in central Illinois where she grew up, as soon as high school ended, and she never looked back. She moved to New York City and became the person she always wanted to be, complete with a high-paying,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Vanishing Half

  Bennett, Brit,

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  The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Monstrilio

  Sámano Córdova, Gerardo,

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  Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago's lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Caul Baby

  a Novel

  Jerkins, Morgan,

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  Laila desperately wants to become a mother, but each of her previous pregnancies has ended in heartbreak. This time has to be different, so she turns to the Melancons, an old and powerful Harlem family known for their caul, a precious layer of skin…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sing, Unburied, Sing

  a Novel

  Ward, Jesmyn,

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  Jojo is thirteen years old and trying to understand what it means to be a man. He doesn't lack in fathers to study, but there are men who complicate his understanding: his absent White father, Michael, who is being released from prison; his…Read moreRead more of this annotation