The Last Anniversary

The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty Published by Harper Paperbacks in Jan. 1, 2006 Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery, Contemporary Format: Hardcover Pages: 388 Goodreads synopsis:  Sophie moves onto the island and begins a new life as part of an unconventional family where it seems everyone has a secret. Grace, a beautiful young mother, is feverishly planning a shocking escape from her perfect life. Margie, a frumpy housewife, has made a pact with a stranger, while dreamy Aunt Rose wonders if maybe it's about time she started making her own decisions. As Sophie's life becomes increasingly complicated, she discovers that sometimes you have to stop waiting around -- and come up with your own fairy-tale ending. As she so adroitly did in her smashing debut novel,...

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Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Published by Spiegel & Grau in Jun. 2015 Genre(s): Nonfiction, Race, Memoir, Social Issues, Social Justice, Format: Kindle Pages: 152 Goodreads In a series of essays, written as a letter to his son, Coates confronts the notion of race in America and how it has shaped American history, many times at the cost of black bodies and lives. Thoughtfully exploring personal and historical events, from his time at Howard University to the Civil War, the author poignantly asks and attempts to answer difficult questions that plague modern society. In this short memoir, the "Atlantic" writer explains that the tragic examples of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and those killed in South Carolina are the results of a systematically...

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Room by Emma Donoghue

Room by Emma Donoghue Published by Little, Brown and Company on Sep. 13, 2010 Genre(s): Fiction, Contemporary, Adult, Drama, Crime Format: Kindle Pages: 321 Goodreads To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a...

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