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A powerful work of Afro-magic realism that interrogates the legacy of slavery and roots of poverty, witnesses the beauty and power in survival, and asks whether belief, magic, and intention can forge new realities. Blue's daughter, Tsitra, is dying a horrific death. Thousands of miles away, Blue feels time slowing and hears voices, followed by an 18-month stillness. More than a century before, Blue's grandparents, Amanda and Palmer, attend a salon...
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This illuminating documentary explores the life of a unique American artist, a man with a remarkable and unlikely biography. Bill Traylor was born into slavery in 1853 on a cotton plantation in rural Alabama. After the Civil War, Traylor continued to farm the land as a sharecropper until the late 1920s. Aging and alone, he moved to Montgomery and worked odd jobs in the thriving segregated black neighborhood. A decade later, in his late 80s, Traylor...
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"This is truly an amazing read." —RT Book Reviews
When your dreams come crashing down, what's next?
Dawn Johnson's sorority sisters thought she made a huge mistake marrying blue-collar Reginald. But Dawn and Reginald have built a beautiful life for themselves and their two children. Dawn can't wait to show everyone how wrong they were—especially when her mega-successful best friend, Sasha, comes to visit. She never expected...
When your dreams come crashing down, what's next?
Dawn Johnson's sorority sisters thought she made a huge mistake marrying blue-collar Reginald. But Dawn and Reginald have built a beautiful life for themselves and their two children. Dawn can't wait to show everyone how wrong they were—especially when her mega-successful best friend, Sasha, comes to visit. She never expected...
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Waiting to Exhale meets Church Folk as five female attorneys do brunch each week to trade tales about their love lives, law firms, and the Lord!
Meet Capri, an attorney at a top Houston firm. She seems to have it all together all the time until a seductive client topples her self-control. Then there’s Jermane, a devout Catholic who met her husband in law school and has never been with another man. But now her workaholic...
Meet Capri, an attorney at a top Houston firm. She seems to have it all together all the time until a seductive client topples her self-control. Then there’s Jermane, a devout Catholic who met her husband in law school and has never been with another man. But now her workaholic...
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A wickedly funny, uplifting novel of love and betrayal. . .good karma and bad karma. . .sin and redemption. . .
Chyna and her sister, Janelle, are always moments away from a catfight. They love each other, but Janelle has never forgiven her sister for swiping her first love, Cordell. That was ages ago, and now Chyna is showing off as the First Lady of New Hope Assembly, a church caught between the old ways of Holiness and new ways of serving its...
Chyna and her sister, Janelle, are always moments away from a catfight. They love each other, but Janelle has never forgiven her sister for swiping her first love, Cordell. That was ages ago, and now Chyna is showing off as the First Lady of New Hope Assembly, a church caught between the old ways of Holiness and new ways of serving its...
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of modern classics such as My Sister's Keeper and Small Great Things weaves a "richly textured and engaging" (The Boston Globe) tale that explores what happens when a young woman's past—a past she didn't even know she had—catches up to her just in time to threaten her future.
How do you recover the past when it was never yours to lose?
Delia Hopkins...
How do you recover the past when it was never yours to lose?
Delia Hopkins...
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Rochelle Alers is an Essence best-selling author and winner of two Gold Penn Awards. Lessons of a Lowcountry Summer, another shining example of her exciting work, is a testament to her reputation as one of the most popular authors of romantic literature. Disturbing circumstances bring together three people to sultry, secluded McKinnon Island where each gives the others the courage to make lifealtering decisions. Modern women will find inspiration...
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Claudia Mair Burney's mysteries featuring Amanda Bell Brown have been praised for their sassy combination of smarts and spirituality. Brown is a forensic psychologist with a spiritual background. When a murder investigation unearths connections to a past she'd rather forget, she's dragged into the turmoil before she knows it. She'll need a strong faith in the Lord to get through this one-and having a very fine detective on her side won't hurt either....
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The Georgia Barnett novels, including Hit Time (F0071), keep Yolanda Joe's name at the top of Blackboard best-seller lists. In Video Cowboys, the Chicago TV reporter is thrust into a very perilous spotlight. A bomber has taken hostages at a local bank. If Georgia can't get his videotape of demands on the major networks, people will die. Georgia needs the help of the Video Cowboys-a fearless camera crew willing to do anything to get coverage. "[A]...
10) Deadly Charm
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Claudia Mair Burney's mysteries starring forensic psychologist Amanda Bell Brown have garnered high praise for their wit, style, and their sassy heroine. Ezekiel Thunder, a disgraced preacher, moves his family into town in an attempt to resurrect his career. But after his infant son drowns, Amanda suspects it wasn't an accident. Now Amanda is on the case and she's determined to find the truth.
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A major innovator of the sassy mystery genre, Claudia Mair Burney is the popular author of Murder, Mayhem, a Fine Man. Amanda Bell Brown, whose biological clock is ticking like crazy, is delighted when Lieutenant Jazz Brown offers to give their rocky relationship another shot. The only complication is his ex-wife, who's just been found murdered-in Jazz's apartment.
12) Sweet Magnolia
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Norma L. Jarrett pens this inspirational Essence Book Club Pick about two feuding sisters who struggle to reconcile differences and renew their faith in God. Although Summer and Misa secretly share the same family curse, each handles it differently. And then one rainy night at a family reunion, an argument and an accident trigger a chain reaction that unravels years of family secrets and misunderstandings. ". careful and easy storytelling packs a...
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Norma L. Jarrett's novels are peppered with humor, tragedy and faith in the Lord. In this raucous follow-up to Sunday Brunch, five girlfriends-Lexi, Capri, Jermane, Angel, and Jewel-find their lives becoming more and more chaotic, even as they discover God's plans have ways of making themselves clear. "Jarrett delivers the goods in this light, entertaining follow-up to Sunday Brunch."-Publishers Weekly