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The two lives of Sara / by West, Catherine Adel,author.;
A young mother finds refuge and friendship at a boardinghouse in 1960s Memphis, Tennessee, where family encompasses more than just blood and hidden truths can bury you or set you free.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; African Americans; Boardinghouses; Civil rights movements; Nineteen sixties; Single mothers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye : a novel / by Cameron, Briony,author.;
"An epic, dazzling tale based on true events, The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye illuminates a woman of color's rise to power as one of the few purported female pirate captains to sail the Caribbean, and the forbidden love story that will shape the course of history"--
Subjects: Queer fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; African American women; Interpersonal relations; Pirates; Women pirates;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The reformatory : a novel / by Due, Tananarive,1966-author.;
In the Jim Crow South, twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., who can see ghosts, is sent to The Reformatory where boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, while his sister Gloria rallies everyone in Florida to get him out before it's too late.
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Horror fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Florida School for Boys; African Americans; African Americans; Ghosts; Race relations; Reformatories;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The Phoenix Crown : a novel / by Quinn, Kate,author.; Chang, Janie,author.;
"From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Antiques; Chinese American women; Earthquakes; Missing persons; San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906; Women singers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The heiress swap / by Michaels, Maddison,author.;
Taken in as a companion to her American cousin, the sole heiress to a railway dynasty, Evie Jenkins, agreeing to swap places with her for the entire English season, matches wits with the Duke of Hargrave, a marriage-averse cynic who thinks she's a title-hungry princess.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Romance fiction.; Cousins; Heiresses; Nobility; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The last great road bum / by Tobar, Héctor,1963-author.;
"In The last great road bum, Héctor Tobar turns the peripatetic true story of a naive son of Urbana, Illinois who died fighting with guerillas in El Salvador into the great American novel for our times"--
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Historical fiction.; Travelers; Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Molly's Christmas surprise / by Clauss, Lauren.; Manwill, Melissa.;
Grades 1-3.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Christmas stories.; World War, 1939-1945; Girls;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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A right worthy woman : a novel / by Watson, Ruth P.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In the vein of The Engineer's Wife and Carolina Built, an inspiring novel based on the remarkable true story of Virginia's Black Wall Street and the indomitable Maggie Lena Walker, the daughter of a formerly enslaved woman who became the first Black woman to establish and preside over a bank in the United States"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Walker, Maggie Lena, 1864-1934; African American women; Banks and banking; Businesswomen; Racism; Women bankers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The duke gets desperate / by Quincy, D. M.(Diana),author.;
When his American stepmother, who inherited his father's estate, is found dead, the Duke of Strickland, whom everyone knows detested the dowager duchess, fights for his castle and his reputation when Raya Darwish, the dowager duchess's heir, arrives to claim what is hers.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Americans; Castles; Inheritance and succession; Nobility; Stepmothers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ash dark as night / by Phillips, Gary,1955-author.;
In this second installment of the 'Harry Ingram' mystery series, fearless photographer and occasional private eye Harry Ingram takes on a missing persons case while at a professional crossroads after one of his photos puts him on the LAPD's radar.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; Murder; Photojournalists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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