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Set in 1999, Attachments by Rainbow Rowell is mainly told from the perspective of the character Lincoln O’Neil, who takes a job as an internet security officer for a local newspaper after moving back home. Lincoln’s job is to monitor any interoffice emails flagged by The Courier’s content filtering software. It’s through this role that Lincoln comes to know Beth Fremont. Before he realizes it, Lincoln falls in love with Beth even though they’ve never formally met.
Night Wherever We Go is a satisfying and emotional debut novel by Tracey Rose Peyton. Set on a struggling, Navarro County, Texas plantation in 1852 this novel offers a new perspective on a tragic portion of American history.
An eloquently written debut novel spanning decades, Perish by LaToya Watkins tells the story of Helen Jean Turner and her descendants. Though heart-wrenching, Perish tells an important story of intergenerational trauma and complex familial relationships.
Isabel Allende’s The Soul of a Woman will give readers the same feeling as enjoying a warm cup of tea and a good conversation with an aunt or grandmother. Within its pages, Allende writes beautifully about motherhood, love, sensuality, aging, her career, and violence against girls and women, making this memoir an easy but worthwhile read for all.
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak is a story about family, heritage, and identity. Its characters include Kostas, a Greek-Christian Cypriote, who falls in love with Defne, a Turkish-Muslim Cypriote. The story begins when their daughter, 16-year-old Ada, learns that an aunt she’s never met is flying in from Cyprus to visit during the winter holiday.
In her debut novel, Of Women and Salt, Gabriela Garcia tells the story of Jeanette, daughter of Cuban immigrants and a recovering addict, as well as her mother, Carmen, and her neighbor, Ana, who returns home one to find her own mother has been deported. Written in beautiful, fluid prose, this novel offers a unique and nuanced perspective of various themes through an innovative narrative structure.
This documentary serves as a record of Toni Morrison’s innumerable contributions to American culture, introduces her to a new generation of readers, and gives older readers a deeper insight into the work they fell in love with. If you haven’t seen it, you should.
