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Chasing the Devil's Tail: A Mystery of Storyville, New Orleans
David Fulmer
Harvest Books, 2003
Genius, dispair and the Mother of Jazz.
+ The Reader Is Catipulted Back Into Life In 1907 New Orleans.
+ Love his books!
+ Good
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Dinaw Mengestu
Riverhead Hardcover, 2007
Stunning debut
+ Worthy Debut Novel About the Immigrant Experience
I just listened to the audio version of this novel from my library during a couple weeks of commuting and I must say I found it entrancing. This is some of the most lyrical writing I've come across in years. The narrator Dion Graham is outstanding as well. Though it would admittedly be a challenge ...
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Elbow Room: Stories (Scribner Signature Edition)
James Alan McPherson
Scribner, 1987
A Look in the Mirror
+ Everyone needs a little "Elbow Room"...
+ Snapshots
+ Good stuff!
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One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life--A Story of Race and Family Secrets
Bliss Broyard
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
All time favorite non-fiction book
+ A Full Bucket Story
+ One Drop
+ One Drop
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Envy
Sandra Brown
Warner Books, 2001
Awesome Story
+ envy
+ Impossible to put down - Wonderfully written and Suspensful
+ Envious
+ Sandra Brown Rocks!!
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Fruit of the Lemon: A Novel
Andrea Levy
Picador, 2007
Good Reflection of Lack of Identity in UK Blacks
I liked this book as it was a great reflection of what so many of us know that blacks in the UK are not treated well and that 2nd generation Caribbean immigrants often suffer psychological distress otherwise referred to as "wucklissness" or "lack of identity." The book demonstrated the importance ...
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Abrahams Well: A Novel
Sharon Ewell Foster
Bethany House, 2006
Shaded & Speckled Skin
+ A pageturner!!!
+ Wonderful
+ Abraham's Well
+ great book
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Sleeping with Strangers (Gideon Trilogy 1)
Eric Jerome Dickey
Dutton Adult, 2007
Stranger Things Have Happened
+ Sleeping with Strangers
+ Good Read
If you are in search of entertainment full of both uninhibited sex and heartstopping violence, Sleeping with Strangers is definitely the book for you.
Gideon is a top-notch contract killer as well as a lover that can fulfill any woman's sexual desires.
Some things Gideon has done in his past ...
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The King of Colored Town
Darryl Wimberley
Toby Press, 2007
An Absolute Page-Turner!
+ OUTSTANDING!
+ Tragedy and Triumph
+ Excellent spellbinding story
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Brother, I'm Dying
Edwidge Danticat
Knopf, 2007
A Good Book, Yes, But Also an Important Book
+ A most remarkable memoir
+ the human costs of immigration
+ An Amazing Haitian-American Journey
+ Brother, I 'm Dying
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Red River
Lalita Tademy
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
worth every moment I invested
+ Cane River & Red River
+ very good book
+ Red River
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Keeper of Secrets: Translations of an Incident
Anjuelle Floyd
Three Muses Press, 2007
Eight beautifully woven stories
+ Ordinary Intersectionality
+ (RAW Rating: 3.5) - How people are related
+ Good read
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She's Gone
Kwame Dawes
Akashic Books, 2007
In a word...SUPERB
+ Great Books Do Sometimes Have Flaws
+ Best Debut Novel I've Read in a Very Long Time...
+ They're Gone...can they be found?
+ When You're Alone...I'll Be There By Your Side Baby
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Chasing Sophea: A Novel
Gabrielle Pina
One World/Ballantine, 2006
A Sure Literary Mind Twister!
+ Caught me and would not let go
+ The Power of Love
+ An entertaining read
+ So good!
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Trouble No More
Anthony Grooms
Kennesaw State University Press, 2006
Southern Reader
+ Reality Check
+ I was moved when...
Trouble No More is filled with quiet drama and is a real troublesome delight to read. For those who were too deep into the forest in the sixties to see all the trees, Mr. Grooms' short stories provide an ariel view of the times. His characters are familiar, funny, and sometimes sad, but ...
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