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Little Brother

A Refugee's Odyssey

by Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus Antia ...

Translated by Timberlake Wertenbaker ...

“I recommend a book, Little Brother. . . . It makes us understand what the desert crossing is like: the trafficking of migrants, imprisonment, torture, the sea journey" (Pope Francis, quoted in La Civilta Cattolica). This heartbreaking story about an African migrant takes you inside the refugee crisis and is based on the author's own life.Ibrahima is still a boy when his father dies, but as the ... Read more

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“I recommend a book, Little Brother. . . . It makes us understand what the desert crossing is like: the trafficking of migrants, imprisonment, torture, the sea journey" (Pope Francis, quoted in La Civilta Cattolica). This heartbreaking story about an African migrant takes you inside the refugee crisis and is based on the author's own life.Ibrahima is still a boy when his father dies, but as the
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Little Brother

by Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus Antia, Timberlake Wertenbaker ...

If you look at a map of Africa, you can see how far Libya is from Konakry. But you cannot know all that lies in between.In Guinea, West Africa, Ibrahima works tirelessly to support his family. When he discovers that his little brother has secretly run away from school and is heading to Europe, he drops everything to follow him. Travelling the harsh migrant routes of the Sahara towards the ... Read more

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If you look at a map of Africa, you can see how far Libya is from Konakry. But you cannot know all that lies in between.In Guinea, West Africa, Ibrahima works tirelessly to support his family. When he discovers that his little brother has secretly run away from school and is heading to Europe, he drops everything to follow him. Travelling the harsh migrant routes of the Sahara towards the
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Follow the Stars Home

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**A captivating reimagining of the intrepid woman who – 8 months pregnant and with a toddler in tow – braved violent earthquakes and treacherous waters on the first steamboat voyage to conquer the Mississippi River and redefine America.The acclaimed author of The Seamstress of New Orleans brings to life Lydia Latrobe Roosevelt’s defiant journey of 1811 in this lush, evocative biographical novel ... Read more

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**A captivating reimagining of the intrepid woman who – 8 months pregnant and with a toddler in tow – braved violent earthquakes and treacherous waters on the first steamboat voyage to conquer the Mississippi River and redefine America.The acclaimed author of The Seamstress of New Orleans brings to life Lydia Latrobe Roosevelt’s defiant journey of 1811 in this lush, evocative biographical novel
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Mercury

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A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart of their blue-collar town—from Amy Jo Burns, author of the critically acclaimed novel ShinerIt’s 1990 and seventeen-year-old Marley West is blazing into the river valley town of Mercury, Pennsylvania. A perpetual loner, she seeks a place at someone’s table and a family of her own. The first thing she ... Read more

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A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart of their blue-collar town—from Amy Jo Burns, author of the critically acclaimed novel ShinerIt’s 1990 and seventeen-year-old Marley West is blazing into the river valley town of Mercury, Pennsylvania. A perpetual loner, she seeks a place at someone’s table and a family of her own. The first thing she
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Toward That Which is Beautiful

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On an ordinary day in June of 1964 in a small town in the Altiplano of Peru, Sister Mary Katherine (formerly known as Kate), a young American nun recently arrived in this very foreign place, walks away from her convent with no money and no destination. Desperate and afraid of her feelings for an Irish priest with whom she has been working, she spends eight days on the run, encountering a variety ... Read more

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On an ordinary day in June of 1964 in a small town in the Altiplano of Peru, Sister Mary Katherine (formerly known as Kate), a young American nun recently arrived in this very foreign place, walks away from her convent with no money and no destination. Desperate and afraid of her feelings for an Irish priest with whom she has been working, she spends eight days on the run, encountering a variety
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Dancing in the Mosque

An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son

by Homeira Qaderi ...

A moving memoir about one mother's unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.A People Book of the WeekA Kirkus Best Nonfiction of the Year"A modern-day Sophie's Choice , this memoir about a mother's love for her child and country... ... Read more

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A moving memoir about one mother's unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.A People Book of the WeekA Kirkus Best Nonfiction of the Year"A modern-day Sophie's Choice , this memoir about a mother's love for her child and country...
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Wild Decembers

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by Edna O'Brien ...

In this "beautiful and lush novel," the renowned Irish author "encapsulates the afflictions of a culture within the afflictions of a particular doomed family." ( The New York Times Book Review ).Wild Decembers charts the quick and critical demise of relations between Joseph Brennan and Mick Bugle—"the warring sons of warring sons"—in the countryside of Western Ireland. With her gift for describing ... Read more

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In this "beautiful and lush novel," the renowned Irish author "encapsulates the afflictions of a culture within the afflictions of a particular doomed family." ( The New York Times Book Review ).Wild Decembers charts the quick and critical demise of relations between Joseph Brennan and Mick Bugle—"the warring sons of warring sons"—in the countryside of Western Ireland. With her gift for describing
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A Calling for Charlie Barnes

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**The hilarious and profound novel from National Book Award finalist Joshua Ferris is about an American family in all messy forms—and one man at the head of it.“A fine American novel about family, love, and a decent but flawed man trying to be better." —Stephen King**Someone is telling the story of the life of Charlie Barnes, and it doesn't appear to be going well. Too often divorced, discontent ... Read more

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**The hilarious and profound novel from National Book Award finalist Joshua Ferris is about an American family in all messy forms—and one man at the head of it.“A fine American novel about family, love, and a decent but flawed man trying to be better." —Stephen King**Someone is telling the story of the life of Charlie Barnes, and it doesn't appear to be going well. Too often divorced, discontent
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A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth

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A Pulitzer Prize FinalistA Library Journal Best Book of 2020This collection of moving short stories is “a treasure trove of lush scene setting in faraway times and places” (San Francisco Chronicle).On a fateful flight, a balloonist makes a discovery that changes her life forever. A telegraph operator finds an unexpected companion in the middle of the Amazon. A doctor is beset by seizures, in which ... Read more

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A Pulitzer Prize FinalistA Library Journal Best Book of 2020This collection of moving short stories is “a treasure trove of lush scene setting in faraway times and places” (San Francisco Chronicle).On a fateful flight, a balloonist makes a discovery that changes her life forever. A telegraph operator finds an unexpected companion in the middle of the Amazon. A doctor is beset by seizures, in which
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Keeping Secrets

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by Bina Bernard ...

For fans of All the Light You Cannot See and The German Girl, Keeping Secrets is a remarkable debut, by a veteran American magazine journalist exploring her own family's flight from Poland.Hannah Stone, now a successful New York City journalist, was smuggled out of Poland as a child with her parents after surviving the Holocaust. They remade themselves in America, harboring the deep scars of ... Read more

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For fans of All the Light You Cannot See and The German Girl, Keeping Secrets is a remarkable debut, by a veteran American magazine journalist exploring her own family's flight from Poland.Hannah Stone, now a successful New York City journalist, was smuggled out of Poland as a child with her parents after surviving the Holocaust. They remade themselves in America, harboring the deep scars of
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The Unpassing

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by Chia-Chia Lin ...

A searing debut novel that explores community, identity, and the myth of the American Dream through an immigrant family in Alaska.Finalist for the NBCC John Leonard Prize for Best First BookShortlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Taiwanese immigrant family of six struggles to make end... ... Read more

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A searing debut novel that explores community, identity, and the myth of the American Dream through an immigrant family in Alaska.Finalist for the NBCC John Leonard Prize for Best First BookShortlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Taiwanese immigrant family of six struggles to make end...
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Renia's Diary

A Holocaust Journal

by Renia Spiegel, Elizabeth Bellak ...

A New York Times bestsellerA USA Today bestsellerThe long-hidden diary of a young Polish woman's life during the Holocaust, translated for the first time into EnglishRenia Spiegel was born in 1924 to an upper-middle class Jewish family living in southeastern Poland, near what was at that time the border with Romania. At the start of 1939 Renia began a diary. "I just want a friend. I want somebody ... Read more

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A New York Times bestsellerA USA Today bestsellerThe long-hidden diary of a young Polish woman's life during the Holocaust, translated for the first time into EnglishRenia Spiegel was born in 1924 to an upper-middle class Jewish family living in southeastern Poland, near what was at that time the border with Romania. At the start of 1939 Renia began a diary. "I just want a friend. I want somebody
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