The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
By: Bridgett M. Davis
3.90
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Set against the backdrop of Detroit in the 1960's and 1970's, the story of the life of a one-of-a-k…
Want to Read $ 11.99"That was my mother's policy: Feel free, feel welcome. Be happy."-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
"That was my mother's policy: Feel free, feel welcome. Be happy."-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
"My mother's message to black and white folks alike was clear: It's nobody's business what I do for my children, nor how I manage to do it."-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
"My mother's message to black and white folks alike was clear: It's nobody's business what I do for my children, nor how I manage to do it."-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
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1. America for Beginners: A Novel
By: Leah Franqui
3.86
Format: 302 pages, ebook
Recalling contemporary classics such as Americanah, Behold the Dreamers, and The Brief Wondrous Lif… read more
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2. The Baker's Daughter
By: Sarah McCoy
3.97
Format: 279 pages, Hardcover
In 1945, Elsie Schmidt is a naive teenager, as eager for her first sip of champagne as she is for h… read more
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"People often miss things that don't exist--miss things that were but are not anymore."-Sarah McCoy, The Baker's Daughter
"Alors, où aller quand votre maison ne constituait plus un abri - quand le monde n'avait plus aucun sens ? A quel moment prendre la décision de partir ou de rester ?"-Sarah McCoy, The Baker's Daughter
"We all tell little lies about ourselves, Our past, our presents. We think some of them are minuscule, unimportant, And others, large and incriminating. But they are the same. Only God Has enough of t…"-Sarah McCoy, The Baker's Daughter
3. Bears in the Streets: Three Journeys Across a Changing Russia
By: Lisa Dickey
4.16
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Lisa Dickey traveled across the whole of Russia three times--in 1995, 2005 and 2015--making friends… read more
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4. Daddy Was a Number Runner
By: James Baldwin , Louise Meriwether
3.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
This beloved modern classic documents the lives and hardships of an African American family living … read more
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5. Dearborn
By: Ghassan Zeineddine
4.23
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine’s debut collection examines the diverse range and comp… read more
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6. The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
By: Ned Blackhawk
4.18
Format: 596 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essentia… read more
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7. My Life as a Rat
By: Joyce Carol Oates
3.73
Format: 416 pages, ebook
“A painful truth of family life: the most tender emotions can change in an instant. You think your… read more
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8. Where Wild Peaches Grow
By: Cade Bentley
3.95
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
In a deeply emotional novel of family, cultural heritage, and forgiveness, estranged sisters wrestl… read more
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9. The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits
By: Tiya Miles
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Most Americans believe that slavery was a creature of the South, and that Northern states and terri… read more
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10. Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
By: Glory Edim
4.37
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
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"Cassie's story made me acutely aware of the fact that in that moment, she inhabited a black body, and so marked, would never be gifted with escape."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
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11. No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship
By: Sheryl Lister
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Four friends, three struggling relationships, and one final wish: find your happiness. Both heartwa… read more
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"Hell, there are real sisters out there who aren't as close as we are. [...] I know life has thrown us more curveballs than we can catch, but as long as you have each other, you can win this game call…"-Sheryl Lister, No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship
"Over 15 years ago we pledged our Sisterhood. And promised we would always be there for each other. Today, we renew that commitment. Diane continued. To accept each other with all our flaws. Give enco…"-Sheryl Lister, No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship
12. The Seven Generations and The Seven Grandfather Teachings
By: James Vukelich
4.68
Format: 64 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover indigenous wisdom for a life well lived in “The Seven Generations and the Seven Grandfathe… read more
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13. The Comfort of Monsters
By: Willa C. Richards
3.32
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Set in Milwaukee during the “Dahmer summer” of 1991, A remarkable debut novel for fans of Mary Gait… read more
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14. Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History
By: Jeff Nussbaum
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been… read more
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15. The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War
By: Delphine Minoui
4.12
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning journalist Delphine Minoui recounts the true story of a band of young rebels in a bes… read more
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16. From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement
By: Paula Yoo
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
America in 1982: Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting U.S. autoworkers… read more
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17. The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir
By: Yrsa Daley-Ward
4.18
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
From an explosive new literary talent, a searing, moving memoir of family, adolescence and sexualit… read more
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18. Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City
By: Wes Moore
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A kaleidescopic account of five days in the life of a city on the edge, told through seven characte… read more
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"… our fates are profoundly intertwined. We have to take care of one another."-Wes Moore, Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City
"Poverty is so concentrated because it is generational and, research shows, created with relentless intention."-Wes Moore, Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City
"… the criminal justice system affects more than the men whose lives are irrevcocably changed when they encounter the system."-Wes Moore, Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City
"The stigma and lifelong negative bias that results from even a fleeting encounter with the criminal justice system is absolutely life changing."-Wes Moore, Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City
19. The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
By: Bridgett M. Davis
3.90
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Set against the backdrop of Detroit in the 1960's and 1970's, the story of the life of a one-of-a-k… read more
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- feminism
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- african american
- audiobook
"That was my mother's policy: Feel free, feel welcome. Be happy."-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
"My mother's message to black and white folks alike was clear: It's nobody's business what I do for my children, nor how I manage to do it."-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
"She also loved beautiful things, and seems to have embraced early a philosophy penned by the writer Toni Cade Bambara: "Beauty is care, just as ugly is carelessness."-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
"The word secret is so loaded, suggests its country cousin shame ; but I wasn't ashamed of anything because our family secret wasn't dark and my mother acted neither apologetic nor embarrassed."-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
20. 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left
By: Robyn Hitchcock
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
The great eccentric of British psychedelia—beloved by everyone from Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. to the … read more
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21. Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons
By: Jerry Dennis
4.34
Format: 186 pages, Hardcover
Northern Michigan is a place, like all places, in change. Over the past half century, its landscape… read more
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