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Taylor Before and After
by Jennie Englund
2022 Oregon Book Award Winner, and Willa Literary Award
Winner, this is a beautiful book about a young girl’s struggle to
find her sense of self, and sense of hope, after experiencing great
loss for the first time….
Everywhere Babies
by Susan Meyers
A book about babies doing all the magical and wonderful things
that babies do! This is the perfect board book for toddlers as they
start to recognize the world around them. – Diana
Should We Stay Or Should We Go
When Kay and her husband, Cyril, are in their 50s, they make a pact
to commit suicide together when they turn 80. Kay has watched her
elderly father’s demise from Alzheimer’s, and the couple want to
determine their…
Harlem Shuffle
by Colson Whitehead
From the two-time Pulitzer-winning author, a gloriously
entertaining novel of heists, shakedowns, and rip-offs set in
Harlem in the 1960s. It’s a joy to read- a family novel
masquerading as a crime novel, a hilario…
Knight Owl
by Christopher Denise
I adore this book! A determined little owl is not the stereotypical
Knight, but proves that this is good thing in this hilarious and
heartfelt picture book. Beautiful illustrations filled with easter
eggs and sight…
Velvet Was the Night
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
1972, Mexico City. Amidst the chaos of violent protests and political unrest, we meet two seemingly unconnected lost souls. Maite lives a quiet and solitary life as a secretary, but dreams of the passion and adventure…
When We Were Birds
by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Port Angeles, Trinidad. Darwin has reluctantly, painfully gone against the beliefs of his Rastafarian family and taken up work as a grave digger. He is adrift in a city alone, his past abandoned.
Morne Marie, Trini…
Ordinary Monsters
by J.M. Miro
Charlie and Marlowe are pursued by a man made of shadow in this intricate offering from J.M. Miro.
It is easy to fall in love with Miro’s characters as they traverse a slightly sinister estate house in a moody Scot…
Bomb Shelter
by Mary Laura Philpott
Mary Laura Philpott, author of I Miss You When I Blink, returns with a beautiful memoir that meanders and weaves through the wilds of being a person. Philpott examines our true relationship to media— how it comforts u…
The Last White Man
by Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid’s gift for exploring deep and complex issues in original ways is on full display with The Last White Man. Anders wakes up one morning to find that his skin has turned dark. At first, as he navigates this …