Tag: African-American Literature
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Review: Conjure Women by Afia Atakora
Afia Atakora’s debut novel, set in the rural South, in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, is a complex exploration of the deeply held tensions and continual trials that infuse a small, isolated community of former slaves. The story centres around Rue, who has inherited the position of midwife and healer from her mother,…
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Review: Lakewood by Megan Giddings
When Lena Johnson is invited to participate in a research study that will pay all her bills and provide for a future that is beyond comfortable, it is an impossible offer to pass up. A college student whose grandmother passed away leaving a pile of medical bills, and whose mother, Deziree, suffers from a mysterious…
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