“The great-granddaughter of Iran’s last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists continues her description of growing up in Tehran--a…
“Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. This brilliantly imagined novel brings us the…
“Kira-kira (kee’ ra kee’ ra): glittering, shining, glittering. That’s how Katie Takeshima’s sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is…
“On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur, aka JoAnne Chesimard, lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local,…
“There is conflict in the whanau. The young man, Te Rua, holds a ‘secret for life, the one to die with.’ But he realizes that if he is to…
“In a memoir about the power of race to share one’s personal identity, the daughter of Jewish father and African-American mother recalls…
“This haunting novel explores the complete degradation and isolation of a man by war. The book is set on the island of Leyte in the…
Written in alternating chapters, a mother and daughter describe the accident that nearly killed the daughter and left her paralyzed, and…