In a desert town near Joshua Tree National Park, a man dies in a hit-and-run accident. Thus opens a story of the man and his family and the investigation of his death. Alternately narrated by several different characters, we learn of backstories and side stories and brief flashbacks to Morocco and Iraq and Mexico. And …
The Country Bookseller in Bozeman, MT was very excited to welcome Pete Fromm back to the Country Bookshelf on June 11th for his new novel, A Job You Mostly Won’t Know How to Do. Bookseller Wendy Blake loved it: Marnie and Taz have it all– they love, laugh and work together, sneak off to swim …
Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black is calling to us from the table over there. The paperback edition has a much more evocative cover (even though we are fans of big block text), highlighting Edugyan’s larger-than-life story of George Washington Black, an eleven-year-old field slave from Barbados, who has some adventures. Some adventures. We make it sound …
Malu finds herself caught between a Mexican mother who wants her to be the perfect señorita and a music-loving father who helped foster her love of all things punk. After their divorce, Malu and her mother move to Chicago from Florida, where Malu has to start a new school and find her place, ultimately discovering …
This engaging biographical novel brings the larger-than-life character of Josephine Baker to the forefront of the reader’s imagination. Although the singer/dancer/activist wrote memoirs of her own, restrictions of the era and a Hollywood agenda prevented them from being honest. This book reveals what the others did not, including her early years of poverty and abuse …
In the ’60s four young siblings visit a psychic who tells each of them the day they will die. Would you live your life differently if you knew the date of your death? Would you want to know? Free will or fate? These and other questions are surrounded by beautiful writing that keeps you turning …
A Place for Us follows Layla and Rafiq as they immigrate from India and make a life in America. They raise their children Hadia, Huda and Amar with all the opportunities that America affords while instilling in them a reverence for their Muslim faith. Shifting perspectives in the novel lend itself to such a tender, …
Oluo’s timely and powerful book posits that we need to talk about race but often don’t because we are afraid we will get it wrong, not know enough, not know how to answer common arguments, or otherwise cause more harm than good. In So You Want to Talk About Race, she uses straightforward language, clear …
A bare-knuckled love letter steeped in fatherly wisdom written to Coates’s son that rendered me speechless, angry, and hopeful. Coates writes with an urgency and a sensitivity that begs to be shared with those looking toward a future in which systemic oppression has no home in this country. –Blair, Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA Find …
By Donald W. Meyers for yakimaherald.com. Be sure to click through to the original article to see the great photo! For 18 years, Yakima Valley bibliophiles have been able to satisfy their cravings at Inklings Bookshop. Owner Susan Richmond didn’t want to be a business owner, but she liked books, and being with people who …
