Browsing: Black Stories & Experiences

In this “boisterous, imaginative, tender” New York Times bestseller (Entertainment Weekly), a seemingly impulsive decision sets off a series of events that will reverberate throughout a close-knit Brooklyn community. “McBride’s novel contains multitudes” (The New York Times).

Beatrice Agnew is dying, and she’s prepared to take her secrets with her. But when her granddaughter, Evelyn, shows up, she begins to wonder if it’s time to open up to her family… An “excellent,” faith-filled work that “explores forgiveness and the burden of secrets” (Publishers Weekly).

When Barrett decides to run for mayor of Henry Adams, Kansas, an unexpected competitor tears the historic town in two! This NAACP Image Award nominee’s “characters come to vivid life, and the town is as well developed as those who live there” (Publishers Weekly starred review).