WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH.
At the heart of With the Fire on High is a very relatable story. A tale of an extraordinary brown woman, who will not be trampled upon or boxed in a corner because of society’s perception of young black & brown mothers.
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING.
For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead,…..
CITY OF GIRLS
“In the summer of 1940, when I was nineteen years old and an idiot.” And that ladies and gentle bookworms is my cue to put a kettle on because I knew this book was going to serve some hot and spicy tea (is it possible for tea to be spicy? Nevermind!!) And oh boy….did it deliver.
HAPPINESS LIKE WATER
After reading Under the Udala Trees, I was so impressed by Chinelo Okparanta. I sought out more books she had written and stumbled on Happiness on Water (well I use the term stumbled quite loosely what I meant to say is that I haggled and harassed every book dealer within my grasp and when I couldn’t take it anymore I resorted to reading an eBook *covers face with hands)……
AN ORCHESTRA OF MINORITIES
Sooo… an orchestra of minorities is a thrilling narration of an epic love story. Cue curtains, lights, sound & action!!!!(I hope I got that right). Enter center stage, Chinonso, a lonely poultry farmer, who life has done a number on (literally nobody’s life sucks this bad, he has lost his mother in his childhood, his sister has abandoned him for a forbidden marriage and just recently his dad passed away too. I don’t know about you but can you get a whiff of village people… I’m just saying they are working overtime).