Month: April 2025

Happy Land, by Dolen Perkins Valdez. Berkley Books, 4/8/25. 384 pages.
Based on a true story from the 1870’s, Happy Land is a saga of strength, struggle, survival and success for former slaves in South Carolina.

4/7/25

Published April 7, 2025EditEnduring Injustices

Junie, by Erin Crosby Eckstein. Random House, 2025. 368 pages.

On the cusp of the Civil War, the youngest daughter in a slave family in Alabama sees its fortunes rise and fall with its failing owners.

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3/23/25

4/1/25

Bear, by Julia Philips, and The Sirens, by Emilia Hart.

Set on an island off the coast of Washington State, and in a beach town in Australia, these recent books focus on the relationships and histories of two sets of sisters in fairy-tale-like situations.

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