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7 Books About Black People Who Pass as White

May 10, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Nella Larsen |Brit Bennett |Kuchenga Shenjé

Reading Lists Kuchenga Shenjé, author of "The Library Thief," recommends stories that delve into race and identity in the U.S. and U.K. In the Summer of 2017, I went to see the European premiere of the Braden Jacobs-Jenkins play An Octoroon. Based on the 1859 melodrama by the Irish playwright Dion Boucicault, it was staged at the Orange Tree Theatre in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. A truly bombastic production that lampooned the tropes of the “tragic mulatto” story in a way that...
Win A Copy Of The Book 'The Best Life Book Club: A Novel' By Sheila Roberts

May 4, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Sheila Roberts |Carly Fortune |Kuchenga Shenjé

The book is in stores on Tuesday, May 7th from MIRA. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/43z2jzDIt started as a book club. It became a way to build a better life together. Karissa Newcomb is ready for a new start in a new neighborhood, as far away as she can get from Seattle, where her husband cheated on her with the neighbor who was supposed to be her best friend. She and her nine-year-old daughter are moving on to the city of Gig Harbor on the bay in Puget Sound.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Reunion: A Novel' By Elise Juska

May 4, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Elise Juska |Carly Fortune |Sheila Roberts |Kuchenga Shenjé

The book is in stores on Tuesday, May 7th from Harper. Click on the link to buy a copy. It’s June 2021, and three old college friends are heading to New England and the twenty-fifth reunion that was delayed the year before. Hope, a stay-at-home mom, is desperate for a return to her beloved campus, a reprieve from her tense marriage, and the stresses of pandemic parenting. Adam is hesitant to leave his bucolic but secluded life with his wife and their young sons.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Fix It Yourself: How to Recognize the Faults in Your Game―and Correct Them' By David Leadbetter

May 4, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Carly Fortune |Sheila Roberts |Kuchenga Shenjé

The book is in stores on Tuesday, May 7th from St. Martin’s Press. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/43SnBbBLeadbetter’s Faults and Fixes, published in 1993, remains one of the most important golf guides to players all over the world. Over thirty years later, he brings us a modern approach to this revolutionary format, based on the extraordinary innovations in performance and technology in recent years.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'The Five Year Lie: A Novel' By Sarina Bowen

May 4, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Sarina Bowen |Carly Fortune |Sheila Roberts |Kuchenga Shenjé

The book is in stores on Tuesday, May 7th from Harper. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3HNrp3nBestselling romance author Sarina Bowen’s debut thriller, about one woman’s search for the truth after receiving a text from her deceased ex. She thought it was love. Then he vanished. On an ordinary Monday morning, Ariel Cafferty’s phone buzzes with a disturbing text message. Something’s happened. I need to see you. Meet me under the candelabra tree ASAP.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'The Library Thief: A Novel' By Kuchenga Shenje

May 4, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Kuchenga Shenjé |Sheila Roberts |Carly Fortune

The book is in stores on Tuesday, May 7th from Hanover Square Press. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3tgBRgpThe library is under lock and key. But its secrets can’t be contained. 1896. After he brought her home from Jamaica as a baby, Florence’s father had her hair hot-combed to make her look like the other girls. But as a young woman, Florence is not so easy to tame—and when she brings scandal to his door, the bookbinder throws her onto the streets of Manchester.
The Maiden of Florence by Katherine Mezzacappa

Apr 18, 2024 | l8r.it | Katherine Mezzacappa |Neil Blackmore |Sophie Mackintosh |Kuchenga Shenjé

Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks. "A fascinating glimpse into a slice of history relating to the Medici family in 1584, this work of fiction is based on true events and highlights the difficulties faced by women. " View All Editions £14.99 £13.49 In Stock. Same day dispatch on orders before 3pm.
The Library Thief

Apr 12, 2024 | libraryjournal.com | Kuchenga Shenjé

. May 2024. 368p. ISBN 9781335909695. $29.99. SUSPENSE COPY ISBN DEBUT In Shenjé’s Victorian era–set novel, Florence, the rebellious daughter of a Manchester bookbinder, is ejected by him from her family home. She ends up on the doorstep of Lord Belfield, an aristocrat in need of a restorer for the books in his library.
The Library Thief by Kuchenga Shenjé

Apr 9, 2024 | l8r.it | Kuchenga Shenjé |Rupert Thomson |Lianne Dillsworth |Alice J. Winn

Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks. "With layers of intrigue, this captivating debut historical novel ultimately focuses on the power of inclusivity, hope, and love." View All Editions £16.99 £15.29 In Stock. Same day dispatch on orders before 3pm.
TBB’s Lit List - April 2024

Apr 4, 2024 | thebritishblacklist.co.uk | Tamika Mitchell |Kuchenga Shenjé

Our selection of books this month include releases from children’s author E.L. Norry and writer and journalist Kuchenga Shenjé for you to add to you reading list. The Library Thief by Kuchenga ShenjéAfter he brought her home from Jamaica as a baby, Florence’s father (a bookbinder) had her hair hot-combed to make her look like the other girls.