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Praise Song for the Butterflies

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A young woman must learn to love and trust again after experiencing the brutality of ritual servitude in West Africa.—Longlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction—A Black Caucus of the American Library Association 2019 Honor title, Fiction"McFadden, writer of great, imaginative novels for years now (including Sugar and Gathering of Waters), is back with one of her best yet. Exploring ritual ... Read more

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A young woman must learn to love and trust again after experiencing the brutality of ritual servitude in West Africa.—Longlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction—A Black Caucus of the American Library Association 2019 Honor title, Fiction"McFadden, writer of great, imaginative novels for years now (including Sugar and Gathering of Waters), is back with one of her best yet. Exploring ritual
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Random Passage

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Forced to flee England, the Andrews family books passage to a fresh start in a distant country, only to discover a barren, inhospitable land at the end of their crossing. To seventeen-year-old Lavinia, uprooted from everything familiar, it seems a fate worse than the one they left behind. Driven by loneliness she begins a journal. Random Passage satisfies the craving for those details that ... Read more

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Forced to flee England, the Andrews family books passage to a fresh start in a distant country, only to discover a barren, inhospitable land at the end of their crossing. To seventeen-year-old Lavinia, uprooted from everything familiar, it seems a fate worse than the one they left behind. Driven by loneliness she begins a journal. Random Passage satisfies the craving for those details that
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Sugar

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by Bernice L. McFadden ...

**20th Anniversary Edition—with a New Foreword by Kimberly EliseA novel by a critically acclaimed voice in contemporary fiction, praised by Ebony for its “unforgettable images, unique characters, and moving story that keeps the pages turning until the end.”**A young prostitute comes to Bigelow, Arkansas, to start over, far from her haunting past. Sugar moves next door to Pearl, who is still ... Read more

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**20th Anniversary Edition—with a New Foreword by Kimberly EliseA novel by a critically acclaimed voice in contemporary fiction, praised by Ebony for its “unforgettable images, unique characters, and moving story that keeps the pages turning until the end.”**A young prostitute comes to Bigelow, Arkansas, to start over, far from her haunting past. Sugar moves next door to Pearl, who is still
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Waiting for Time

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A twentieth-century descendant of the Lavinia of Random Passage, Lav rediscovers the power of her heritage and a courage she didn't know she possessed. Waiting for Time, the sequel to inte ational best-selling novel Random Passage by Be ice Morgan, continues the saga of the inhabitants of Cape Random. It also tells the story of today’s Newfoundland – a place where the past overshadows the present ... Read more

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A twentieth-century descendant of the Lavinia of Random Passage, Lav rediscovers the power of her heritage and a courage she didn't know she possessed. Waiting for Time, the sequel to inte ational best-selling novel Random Passage by Be ice Morgan, continues the saga of the inhabitants of Cape Random. It also tells the story of today’s Newfoundland – a place where the past overshadows the present
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Glorious

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Award-winning novelist Bernice McFadden's highly anticipated new historical novel set amidst the Harlem Renaissance.— Glorious was a finalist for the 2011 NAACP Image Award for Fiction."McFadden's lively and loving rendering of New York hews closely to the jazz-inflected city of myth. . . . McFadden has a wonderful ear for dialogue, and her entertaining prose equally accommodates humor and pathos. ... Read more

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Award-winning novelist Bernice McFadden's highly anticipated new historical novel set amidst the Harlem Renaissance.— Glorious was a finalist for the 2011 NAACP Image Award for Fiction."McFadden's lively and loving rendering of New York hews closely to the jazz-inflected city of myth. . . . McFadden has a wonderful ear for dialogue, and her entertaining prose equally accommodates humor and pathos.
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Gathering of Waters

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Following her best-selling, award-winning novel Glorious , McFadden produces a fantastical historical novel featuring the spirit of Emmett Till.—One of *Essence'*s "Best Books of the Decade"—A New York Times Notable Book of 2012— Gathering of Waters was a finalist for a Phillis Wheatley Fiction Book Award."McFadden works a kind of miracle—not only do [her characters] retain their appealing ... Read more

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Following her best-selling, award-winning novel Glorious , McFadden produces a fantastical historical novel featuring the spirit of Emmett Till.—One of *Essence'*s "Best Books of the Decade"—A New York Times Notable Book of 2012— Gathering of Waters was a finalist for a Phillis Wheatley Fiction Book Award."McFadden works a kind of miracle—not only do [her characters] retain their appealing
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The Warmest December

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The long-awaited reissue of McFadden's best-selling second novel praised by Toni Morrison, USA Today, Washington Post, and others—published simultaneously with McFadden's new novel Gathering of Waters ."McFadden's reissued second novel takes an unflinching look at the corrosive nature of alcoholism . . . This is not a story of easy redemption . . . McFadden writes candidly about the treacherous ... Read more

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The long-awaited reissue of McFadden's best-selling second novel praised by Toni Morrison, USA Today, Washington Post, and others—published simultaneously with McFadden's new novel Gathering of Waters ."McFadden's reissued second novel takes an unflinching look at the corrosive nature of alcoholism . . . This is not a story of easy redemption . . . McFadden writes candidly about the treacherous
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Firstborn Girls

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From award-winning author and creative writing professor at Tulane University comes an intimate and powerful memoir exploring inherited trauma, family secrets, and the enduring bonds of love between mothers and daughters.On her second birthday in 1967, Bernice McFadden died in a car crash near Detroit, only to be resuscitated after her mother pulled her from the flaming wreckage. Firstborn Girls ... Read more

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From award-winning author and creative writing professor at Tulane University comes an intimate and powerful memoir exploring inherited trauma, family secrets, and the enduring bonds of love between mothers and daughters.On her second birthday in 1967, Bernice McFadden died in a car crash near Detroit, only to be resuscitated after her mother pulled her from the flaming wreckage. Firstborn Girls
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Cutting Edge

New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers

by Margaret Atwood, Aimee Bender, Edwidge Danticat, Valerie Martin, Bernice L. McFadden ...

A chilling noir collection featuring fifteen crime and mystery tales and six poems from female authors.Joyce Carol Oates, a queen-pin of the noir genre, has brought her keen and discerning eye to the curation of an outstanding anthology of brand-new top-shelf short stories (and poems by Margaret Atwood!). While bad men are not always the victims in these tales, they get their due often enough to ... Read more

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A chilling noir collection featuring fifteen crime and mystery tales and six poems from female authors.Joyce Carol Oates, a queen-pin of the noir genre, has brought her keen and discerning eye to the curation of an outstanding anthology of brand-new top-shelf short stories (and poems by Margaret Atwood!). While bad men are not always the victims in these tales, they get their due often enough to
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In a Day’s Work

The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most Vulnerable Workers

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"A timely, intensely intimate, and relevant exposé." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)The Pulitzer Prize finalist's powerful examination of the hidden stories of workers overlooked by #MeTooApple orchards in bucolic Washington State. Office parks in Southern California under cover of night. The home of an elderly man in Miami. These are some of the workplaces where women have suffered brutal sexual ... Read more

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"A timely, intensely intimate, and relevant exposé." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)The Pulitzer Prize finalist's powerful examination of the hidden stories of workers overlooked by #MeTooApple orchards in bucolic Washington State. Office parks in Southern California under cover of night. The home of an elderly man in Miami. These are some of the workplaces where women have suffered brutal sexual
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This Bitter Earth

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This powerful sequel to Bernice L. McFadden’s bestselling debut Sugar follows a young African-American woman back to her Arkansas hometown, where she must confront difficult truths about her parentage and a curse in her family’s past.When Sugar Lacey returns to Short Junction to find the aunts who raised her, she hopes they will be able to tell her the truth about her parents. What she discovers ... Read more

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This powerful sequel to Bernice L. McFadden’s bestselling debut Sugar follows a young African-American woman back to her Arkansas hometown, where she must confront difficult truths about her parentage and a curse in her family’s past.When Sugar Lacey returns to Short Junction to find the aunts who raised her, she hopes they will be able to tell her the truth about her parents. What she discovers
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Fever

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by Bernice L. McFadden, Geneva Holliday ...

The second of two steamy and entertaining romance novels, published under the beloved and distinguished author’s real name for the first timeThree years have passed since four friends—Geneva, Chevy, Crystal, and Noah—had a steamy summer of secrets and sleeping around. As another summer is fast approaching, they’ve sworn off any extracurricular activities, but as the temperature rises in the city, ... Read more

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The second of two steamy and entertaining romance novels, published under the beloved and distinguished author’s real name for the first timeThree years have passed since four friends—Geneva, Chevy, Crystal, and Noah—had a steamy summer of secrets and sleeping around. As another summer is fast approaching, they’ve sworn off any extracurricular activities, but as the temperature rises in the city,
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