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Exclusive Book Excerpt: Naima Coster s What s Mine And Yours It s November 1996 in Piedmount, California and mother Lacey May is about to make a decision that will affect her three half-Latina daughters for years to come. By Naima Coster Jonathan Jiménez Pérez It had comforted her when the lawyer told her about the trouble in Robbie’s brain. It was why he needed the drugs, why he would disappear and get up to no good. It wasn’t that he had stopped loving her or the girls. It was like being sick, the lawyer had said, but it hadn’t made much difference to the judge. ....
You know that feeling when you pick up a book for the first time and think, “yeah, I’m going to read this in all of two seconds” because of how quickly the storyline sucks you in? Well, the books released in just the first week of March will reel you in faster than you can say “literary, literally.” Books do a lot for readers: They provide a place to escape, insight into worlds you’d never thought possible and an uncanny ability to help solve problems you didn’t even know existed. Just yesterday, Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda hit the shelves, giving us yet another way of interpreting the fictional world of Wakanda through the eyes of authors across the African diaspora like Nikki Giovanni, Harlan James, Danian Jerry and more. Other mystical tales include ....
Image: Avid Reader As moving as it is riveting, Patricia Engel’s Infinite Country is a one-of-a-kind telling of the timeless story of migration. The era-leaping novel combines international history the Colombian Conflict, the introduction of the DREAM Act with the personal stories of a family whose bond cannot be broken by geography. A late-night dash for freedom in the opening chapter is just the start of a border-crossing relay race that spans the Western Hemisphere. Engel’s pacing is breathless she covers three generations in under 200 pages but just as frequently gives way to heart- and time-stopping moments. Infinite Country is poised to be one of the most stirring page-turners of the year. ....
2 Determined Mothers Clash Over Integration Efforts In 'What's Mine And Yours' nhpr.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nhpr.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Embed iframe src https://www.npr.org/player/embed/972527150/972597406 width 100% height 290 frameborder 0 scrolling no title NPR embedded audio player AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: At the center of Naima Coster s new novel - it s called What s Mine And Yours - are two determined and difficult mothers, equal and opposite forces. There s Jade. NAIMA COSTER: A woman who is trying to figure out how to pursue her own ambitions while also taking care of a child on her own. CORNISH: .And Lacey May. COSTER: A woman who is struggling financially and trying to secure a future for her girls that she wasn t able to secure for herself. ....