Browsing: Africa

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for FictionWinner of the 2019 Kirkus Prize for FictionFinalist for the 2019…

This “powerful” novel (Publishers Weekly) follows healer May Belle and her daughter, Rue, who serve as midwives and form an unlikely, complex bond with Varina, their enslaver’s daughter. “Afia Atakora brings the Civil War South to life so beautifully… A heartbreaking joy to read” (Martha Hall Kelly, author of Lilac Girls).

Perfect for fans of The Underground Railroad, this “standout” (Publishers Weekly) follows three timelines — one in present-day Ohio, one in 1850s New Orleans, and one in 1790s Haiti — to weave an unforgettable story of courage and tragedy over centuries of history.

A “sweeping” New York Times Notable Book of 2019 (The New Yorker) from a National Book Award–nominated author: In 1924, formerly enslaved Josephine and white Charlotte form a friendship that echoes in the life of Josephine’s descendant Ava nearly a century later. “Powerful and full of hope” (Publishers Weekly).

Sometimes the only thing in the way of your happily-ever-after is you.Romance writer Kendyll has been trying to accomplish the impossible her…

From a Christy Award–winning author: When a US intelligence agency asks Daud to take on a perilous assignment in Egypt, it sparks a series of events that endangers thousands of people — including Daud’s wife and his unborn child…

WINNER OF THE 2020 CHAUTAUQUA PRIZE ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 “Engrossing, beautiful, and deeply imaginative, Out of…

From a USA Today bestselling author: When a war widow is in danger of losing her rightful inheritance, former con artist Elizabeth partners with her lawyer fiancé Gideon to find the mysteriously missing will. But they soon realize that helping the grieving woman means not only taking on a set of disapproving in-laws — but protecting her from grave danger…

A young girl emerges out of the woods. David is in the middle of wrestling with an unsatisfactory existence when…

North Africa, 1067. Kella is a girl disguised as a boy, travelling the trade routes and beating all comers in…