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Evelyn Del Rey is moving away / by Medina, Meg.; Sánchez, Sonia,1983-;
Daniela is sad when she finds out her best friend, Evelyn Del Rey, is moving away, but Evelyn promises Daniela that their friendship will always be special.LSC
Subjects: Friendship; African American families; Moving, Household; Neighborhoods;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Summer on Highland Beach : a novel / by Hostin, Sunny,author.; Harris, Sharina,author.;
"The View cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin transports readers to Highland Beach in the captivating third novel of her New York Times bestselling Summer series"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; African American families; African American women; Family secrets; Self-realization in women; Summer;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Summer on Highland Beach [text (large print)] : a novel / by Hostin, Sunny,author.; Harris, Sharina,author.;
"The View cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin transports readers to Highland Beach in the captivating third novel of her New York Times bestselling Summer series"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; African American families; African American women; Family secrets; Self-realization in women; Summer;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Somebody's daughter : a memoir / by Ford, Ashley C.,author.;
"One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the ever looming absence of her incarcerated father and the path we must take to both honor and overcome our origins. For as long as she could remember, Ashley has put her father on a pedestal. Despite having only vague memories of seeing him face-to-face, she believes he's the only person in the entire world who understands her. She thinks she understands him too. He's sensitive like her, an artist, and maybe even just as afraid of the dark. She's certain that one day they'll be reunited again, and she'll finally feel complete. There are just a few problems: he's in prison, and she doesn't know what he did to end up there. Through poverty, puberty, and a fraught relationship with her mother, Ashley returns to her image of her father for hope and encouragement. She doesn't know how to deal with the incessant worries that keep her up at night, or how to handle the changes in her body that draw unwanted attention from men. In her search for unconditional love, Ashley begins dating a boy her mother hates; when the relationship turns sour, he assaults her. Still reeling from the rape, which she keeps secret from her family, Ashley finally finds out why her father is in prison. And that's where the story really begins. Somebody's Daughter steps into the world of growing up a poor Black girl, exploring how isolating and complex such a childhood can be. As Ashley battles her body and her environment, she provides a poignant coming-of-age recollection that speaks to finding the threads between who you are and what you were born into, and the complicated familial love that often binds them."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Ford, Ashley C.; African American families; African American women; Children of prisoners; Prisoners' families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Life and nothing more [videorecording] / by Bleechington, Andrew,actor.; Méndez Esparza, Antonio,film director.; Williams, Regina,actor.; Williams, Robert,actor.; Grasshopper Film (Firm),publisher.;
Andrew Bleechington, Regina Williams, Robert Williams.Spanish-born filmmaker Antonio Mňdez Esparza follows-up his debut drama Aqu y̕ all ẁith another sensitive portrait of a struggling family. Stressed by her job in a diner, single mother Regina is raising her two children in northern Florida. When her fourteen-year-old son Andrew has another brush with the law, she worries he will wind up in prison like his father. Mendez Esparza employs documentary-style realism in this snapshot of race, class and the bonds of family in contemporary America.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; African American families; Juvenile delinquents; Mothers and sons; Single mothers;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The gathering table / by Eady, Antwan.; Ladd, London.;
A Southern family gathers in their backyard around a special table to celebrate important moments throughout the year, from anniversaries to new births, as they share food, traditions, and love.
Subjects: Picture books.; Families; Love; Gullahs; African Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Between two brothers / by Allen, Crystal.;
When his older brother Seth is in a serious accident that he may never recover from, 13-year-old Isaiah chooses to help Seth recover in a way only he can: by trusting in their bond and undying love.Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Brothers; Traffic accidents; Coma; African American families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A soft place to land / by Marks, Janae.;
Twelve-year old Joy dreams of writing music for the movies, but first she has to survive her family's move into a small apartment when her father loses his job.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: African American families; Apartment houses; Friendship; Moving, Household;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Good dirt : a novel / by Wilkerson, Charmaine,author.;
When ten-year-old Ebby Freeman heard the gunshot, time stopped. And when she saw her brother, Baz, lying on the floor surrounded by the shattered pieces of a centuries-old jar, life as Ebby knew it shattered as well. The crime was never solved -- and because the Freemans were one of the only Black families in a particularly well-to-do enclave of New England -- the case has had an enduring, voyeuristic pull for the public. The last thing the Freemans want is another media frenzy splashing their family across the papers, but when Ebby's high profile romance falls apart without any explanation, that's exactly what they get. So Ebby flees to France, only for her past to follow her there. And as she tries to process what's happened, she begins to think about the other loss her family suffered on that day eighteen years ago -- the stoneware jar that had been in their family for generations, brought North by an enslaved ancestor. But little does she know that the handcrafted piece of pottery held more than just her family's history -- it might also hold the key to unlocking her own future. In this sweeping, evocative novel, Charmaine Wilkerson brings to life a multi-generational epic that examines how the past informs our present.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; African American families; Secrecy; Grief; Murder; Race relations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Good dirt [text (large print)] : a novel / by Wilkerson, Charmaine,author.;
When ten-year-old Ebby Freeman heard the gunshot, time stopped. And when she saw her brother, Baz, lying on the floor surrounded by the shattered pieces of a centuries-old jar, life as Ebby knew it shattered as well. The crime was never solved -- and because the Freemans were one of the only Black families in a particularly well-to-do enclave of New England -- the case has had an enduring, voyeuristic pull for the public. The last thing the Freemans want is another media frenzy splashing their family across the papers, but when Ebby's high profile romance falls apart without any explanation, that's exactly what they get. So Ebby flees to France, only for her past to follow her there. And as she tries to process what's happened, she begins to think about the other loss her family suffered on that day eighteen years ago -- the stoneware jar that had been in their family for generations, brought North by an enslaved ancestor. But little does she know that the handcrafted piece of pottery held more than just her family's history -- it might also hold the key to unlocking her own future. In this sweeping, evocative novel, Charmaine Wilkerson brings to life a multi-generational epic that examines how the past informs our present.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; African American families; Grief; Murder; Race relations; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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