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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie: Oprah's Book Club 2.0 by Ayana Mathis
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-12-06 | Author:Ayana Mathis [Mathis, Ayana]

I OUGHT to pack up Ella’s things, Hattie thought. She rubbed her cheek against the smooth spot on top of the baby’s head where the hair hadn’t grown in yet. ...
( Category: Family Saga March 26,2014 )
On Black Sisters Street by Chika Unigwe
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-04-25 | Author:Chika Unigwe [Unigwe, Chika]

MAMA EKO WAS NOT CONVINCED BY HER STORY THAT DELE WAS SENDING her to Europe to work as a nanny to the three-year-old daughter of a rich Jewish family, and ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage March 26,2014 )
The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes
epub, mobi |eng | 1963-01-01 | Author:Dorothy B. Hughes [Hughes, Dorothy B.]

There was little to say as Hugh and Ellen drove back to The Palms. It had all been said. He walked with her to her door. She opened it and ...
( Category: Hard-Boiled March 26,2014 )
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
epub, mobi |eng | 1993-06-15 | Author:Ernest J. Gaines [Gaines, Ernest J.]

18 AS HE HAD PROMISED, the sheriff went to Jefferson and asked him if he would like to meet his visitors in the dayroom instead of his cell. The sheriff ...
( Category: African American March 26,2014 )
The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker
epub, mobi |eng | 1989-01-01 | Author:Alice Walker [Walker, Alice]

Another entry: I could not imagine living for a hundred years, yet the natives quite often live that long. They say it is because everything they eat is alive. The ...
( Category: African American March 26,2014 )
A Little Yellow Dog by Walter Mosley
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-06-21 | Author:Walter Mosley

CHAPTER 19 DADDY, Frenchie’s sick.” She was standing there in her orange dress, the one that had four big white buttons down the front. Bleary light reflected on the mirror ...
( Category: African American March 26,2014 )
Shameless Hoodwives by Meesha Mink & De'nesha Diamond
epub |eng | 2008-08-05 | Author:Meesha Mink & De'nesha Diamond [Mink, Meesha & Diamond, De'nesha]

Takiah “I almost killed my baby.” The horrible words tumble from my lips and spill onto my lap just like my tears of remorse. I try to remember all the ...
( Category: African American March 26,2014 )
The Preacher's Son by Carl Weber
epub |eng | 2005-01-01 | Author:Carl Weber [Weber, Carl]

I wasn’t sure who it was standing outside my bedroom but I could feel a presence before there was a knock on the door. I was hoping it was my ...
( Category: African American March 26,2014 )
The Return of Johnnie Wise by Keith Lee Johnson
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-01-01 | Author:Keith Lee Johnson [Johnson, Keith Lee]

“The girl I was gonna marry has a brother that lives in San Francisco. Perhaps you can tell me all about it someday. What’s your name?” “Nicolas Lee.” “Here you ...
( Category: African American March 26,2014 )
Never Again Once More by Mary B. Morrison
epub |eng | 1999-01-01 | Author:Mary B. Morrison [Morrison, Mary B.]

Chapter 20 Darius stepped into his mother’s office as the sole operator. He kicked his feet up on the desk, leaned backward, and clamped his hands behind his head. This ...
( Category: Domestic Life March 26,2014 )
Nothing Stays the Same by Suzetta Perkins
epub |eng | 2010-03-01 | Author:Suzetta Perkins [Perkins, Suzetta]

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR Kenny couldn’t wait to tell Sylvia that he had run into his cousin, Trina, and that she’d invited them over. Sylvia listened to Kenny with amusement as he ...
( Category: African American March 26,2014 )
Everybody Say Amen by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-01-01 | Author:ReShonda Tate Billingsley [Billingsley, ReShonda Tate]

Chapter 26 The First Ladies Council meetings were working. Linda Morgan had become a praying partner and Rachel found herself garnering a lot of strength from the ease with which ...
( Category: African American March 26,2014 )
Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-03-25 | Author:Dolen Perkins-Valdez

TWENTY-TWO His clothes were genteel but worn. He wore a set of blue knickers that were white at the knees. The ruffles on his shirt were no longer crisp, crumpled ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2004-01-01 | Author:Walter Mosley [Mosley, Walter]

15 After I’d locked him in, I brought my prisoner some water and a dry ham-salad sandwich that I made from white bread and a can off the shelf. There ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense March 26,2014 )
Mama Dearest by E. Lynn Harris
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-07-14 | Author:E. Lynn Harris [Harris, E. Lynn]

CHAPTER 17 Even though I knew my life was about to be turned upside down, I was a little startled on the first day of shooting when I awoke to ...
( Category: Mothers & Children March 26,2014 )

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