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wrap up
Recommended reads to get cozy with BY BRITTANY K. HUNT Many new books are published by both debut and established authors every year. Fiction is entertaining and can prompt great conversations or thoughtful introspection. Here is a short list of this year’s publications that are worth adding to your to-be-read list:
If I Survive You
The Rabbit Hutch
by Leila Mottley
by Jonathan Escoffrey
by Tess Gunty
Leila Mottley and Nightcrawling are bound for eminence. The story of Kiara Johnson and her desire to maintain what family she has left goes to lengths that she did not know she would have to simply to keep a roof over her and her brother’s head. When Kiara becomes a key witness in an Oakland Police investigation, life takes a turn that she never anticipated all because of nightcrawling.
This is a book of short stories that are connected by telling the stories of a Jamaican family trying to earn a piece of the American dream and the impediments and hurdles they have to overcome to get a glimpse of success. It is set in Florida with the tangible hurdle of rebuilding the family home post-Hurricane Andrew amongst rebuilding relationships.
Community is a chosen family of sorts and the main character, Blandine Watkins, has chosen a family of neighbors that rally around her after she is assaulted on day one of living in the apartment complex nicknamed the rabbit hutch. Tess, a debut author and National Book Award Winner, brings the audience in with both delicate and bold writing about life and the community within it.
Nightcrawling
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
If you are a fan of Little Fires Everywhere, this book will not disappoint you. Celeste does a fantastic job developing characters and weaving reality with possibility. She dives into topics like paranoia, racism and government. The main character, Bird, is separated from his Chinese-American mother and reassigned to another family, and as this dystopian story unfolds, he seeks the truth about his mother and their family.
Brittany K. Hunt is a book lover with a continuously expanding To Be Read (TBR) List. She lives in an Atlanta suburb with her husband and two daughters. hopeforwomenmag.com
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