Starting the Conversation: Adult Fiction

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1. A good neighborhood

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Author:
Fowler, Therese
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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Book, Audiobook, Large Print
Description:
"A gripping contemporary novel that examines the American dream through the lens of two families living side by side in an idyllic neighborhood, and the one summer that changes their lives irrevocably."--

2. Homegoing

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Author:
Gyasi, Yaa
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Description:
"Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery. Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the...

3. Red at the bone

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Author:
Woodson, Jacqueline
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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"An unexpected teenage pregnancy pulls together two families from different social classes, and exposes the private hopes, disappointments, and longings that can bind or divide us from each other. Moving forward and backward in time, [the] novel uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions, and relationships of these families, and in the life of the new child"--Publisher marketing.