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When We Left Cuba
by Chanel Cleeton
"A Fine Romance" (2/5/2019)
Chanel Cleeton's "When We Left Cuba" is the continuing saga of the exiled Perez sisters of her first book, "Next Year in Havana." Unconventional Beatriz is the heroine, avenging her losses, aiding her homeland while carving out a more independent role for herself. It is themore
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
by Hiro Arikawa, Philip Gabriel
A Search for Love and Happiness (5/14/2018)
In the Japanese culture and literature, cats hold an important place and appear as good luck charms capable of bringing blessings to their owners. This novel is narrated by Nana, a stray cat who, after being hit by a car, is taken in to recuperate by a young man namedmore
Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
by Heather Harpham
A Search for Love and Happiness (6/27/2017)
Heather Harpham "s new book, "Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi Ever After" is a compassionate, intelligent story of a family's story of parenting a sick child.

Heather's writing voice is full of charm and profoundly moving as the story begins with a delightfulmore
The Opposite of Everyone
by Joshilyn Jackson
Love Those Southern Writers. . . (1/7/2017)
An #1 Indie Next Pick, this beautifully layered novel features Paula Vauss (aka Kali Jali) who spent the first decade of her life on the road with her free-spirited mother, Kai. Her mother was a Georgia storyteller who blended Hindu mythology with southern tales to reinventmore
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