Purchase a copy for yourself here! In 1946, during the height of Jim Crow South, the Mississippi Delta was a community still beholden to the values of the Antebellum South: racial discrimination and violence were the norm. It is in this fraught landscape that Hillary Jordan set her debut novel, Mudbound, which explores the lives… Continue reading Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
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Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Caroline Criado-Perez has devoted her activist career to amplifying the voices of marginalized females in the public space. She was an instrumental part of campaigns to rework Twitter’s online abuse policies, to get a female historical figure on the back of British banknotes, and to install a statue of… Continue reading Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Purchase a copy for yourself here! In 1990’s England, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines a dystopian alternate reality—a boarding school beset with human clones. This school, Hailsham, is the setting of Ishiguro’s 2005 novel, Never Let Me Go. The novel is constructed as a sort of memoir, narrated by Kathy, an adult female “carer” (the meaning of… Continue reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Purchase a copy for yourself here! The community of Shaker Heights, Ohio was the first fully planned community to spring up in America. The Shakers built a town beholden to strict aesthetic and moral codes, laying out residential streets, schools, and businesses according to rigorous family-friendly standards. This suburban oasis is the setting for Celeste… Continue reading Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng