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North of Beautiful

North of Beautiful
by Justina Chen Headley

Compassion (12/19/2011)

Very well written. It taught me about the discrimination with appearances, and showed me how to be more compassionate to those less fortunate than me.

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Real Americans
by Rachel Khong

From the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, a novel exploring family, identity, and the shaping of destiny.

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The River Knows Your Name
by Kelly Mustian

A haunting Southern novel about memory and love, from the author of The Girls in the Stilt House.

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The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris
by Evie Woods

From the million-copy bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop.

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The Devil Finds Work
by James Baldwin

A book-length essay on racism in American films, by "the best essayist in this country" (The New York Times Book Review).

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The Husbands
by Holly Gramazio

The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options?

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Happy Land
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel about a family's secret ties to a vanished American Kingdom.

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