The intermix of the Jewish community and the Black communities was unusual and captivating. I loved Chona and the way she ran the roost. I also like the characters from the small township. The writing was superb and the characterizations equally as excellent. Highly recommended!
“A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming, smart, heart-blistering, and heart-healing.” —Danez Smith, The New York Times Book Review
“We all need—we all deserve—this vibrant, love-affirming novel that bounds over any difference that claims to separate us.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post
From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for…
'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha
James by Percival Everett is a profound and ferociously funny meditation on identity, belonging and the sacrifices we make to protect the ones we love, which reimagines The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. From the author of The Trees, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Erasure, adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction.
The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new…
Eva and Miriam Kor were 10 years old when their parents were ripped away from them at the gates of Auschwitz. As twins, they were of particular interest to Dr. Josef Mengele who experimented on twins. This is the story of their experience of hunger, depravity, fear, and desolation of the concentration camp. But it is ultimately a story of survival.
