Tag: Harper Collins
Good Book to Read: Honey, Victor Lodato
Good Book to Read: Honey, Victor Lodato, Harper Collins – Honey spent a lifetime trying to escape the pull of her organized crime family, going so far as to change her surname from Fazzinga to Fasinga.
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Interview: Story of Witches Inspires Deep Thought
Women Could Fly, Megan Giddings, Harper Collins – Josephine’s mother disappeared when she was 14. No one knew what happened, but the conjectures ranged from suspicions that she was murdered to that she was a witch.
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Book Review: When We Were Bright and Beautiful by Jillian Medoff
When We Were Bright and Beautiful, Jillian Medoff, Harper Collins – Jillian Medoff delves into the perilous subjects of pornography, consent and sexual assault in her suspenseful novel, “When We Were Bright and Beautiful
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Review: Wise Women by Gina Sorell
Wise Women, Gina Sorell, Harper Collins – The Wise Women deals with the ever-ancient, ever-new intergenerational issues that are common to all families.
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Interview: Epic Debut Novel Traces Family Slave Trade Through Modern Day
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Harper Collins – Ailey Garfield is the descendant of Africans brought to America as slaves plus Native American and white ancestry.
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Interview: The Wrong Kind of Woman Looks at Staying True to Self
The Wrong Kind of Woman, Sarah McCraw Crow, Harper Collins – An unexpected death and a wave of social upheaval collide in Sarah McCraw Crow’s The Wrong Kind of Woman (MIRA Books/HarperCollins).
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Escape to Wilderness Threatens Mom and Daughter’s Relationship
The New Wilderness, Diane Cook, Harper Collins – Five-year-old Agnes was dying in the polluted city, so her mother, Bea, joins a group headed for the only remaining wilderness.
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Undocumented Mom and Son Navigate America
The Son of Good Fortune, Lysley Tenorio, Harper Collins – When he is 10, Excel’s mother, Maxima, tells him they are TNT – hiding and hiding – they are not in the U.S. legally.
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Review: Make Them Cry by Smith Henderson & Jon Marc Smith
Make Them Cry, Smith Henderson & Jon Marc Smith, Harper Collins – Can private military contractors hired by the United States to stabilize violence in Afghanistan by taking over the country’s heroin traffic use the same tactics with Mexican drug cartels?
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“Saving Missy” Addresses Profound Loneliness
Saving Missy, Beth Morrey, Harper Collins – Best-selling debut author, Beth Morrey, was inspired to write her ‘coming-of-old’ novel, The Love Story of Missy Carmichael/Saving Missy, about a lonely woman saved by the people around her, when she got to know her community on maternity leave.
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The Indie Bestseller List
The Indie Bestseller List – Published Wednesday, December 11, 2019 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 8, 2019). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
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Gothic Romance: Love, Murder, Ghoulish Haunt Black Woman
The Confessions of Frannie Langton, Sara Collins, Harper Collins – Frannie grew up a slave on a Jamaican plantation. Her master, Langton, chose her as his assistant in his experiments on cadavers.
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