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“Three timelines of strong and powerful women converge at the end of the book with a melding of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world. Lush descriptions. A favorite of mine.”

Valerie • Tsunami Books

“This story was equal parts fascinating, heartbreaking, and infuriating. My heart goes out to all affected by this one man and his actions. I can't even begin to imagine what growing up with him was like. I also can't begin to imagine the proverbial nads it took to call the police and report a family member, or to sit down with years of extensive trauma and put together a cohesive overview of my life or my family's lives. If you like true crime or psychology, you'd enjoy this. Great...”

Victoria • Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore

“In the near future, a woman serves as a "bridge" to an expat of history. She is tasked with living with, assisting, and monitoring an expatriate from the year 1847. Over the course of a year, the mildly awkward roommate situation turns into something much deeper. The bridge has fallen in love, which complicates both history and future, and begs the questions: "What does it mean to defy history, when history is living in your house?" and "What do we owe each other in love and life and in the...”

Valerie • Tsunami Books

“This lyrical memoir details the literary journey of Safiya Sinclair, whose upbringing in an unconventionally strict Rastafarian household led her to pursue poetry as a means of escape. This audiobook is read by the author, which drives the magnitude of each vivid memory closer home for the listener. Beautiful, informative, heartbreaking and uplifting, How to Say Babylon is a must read!”

Helen • Frenchtown Bookshop

“This one is for the poli sci majors who were/are One Direction girlies!! Thank me later!! ”

Cari • Books Inc.

“This book is a true account of a girl growing up under her father's strict Rastafarian beliefs, which turned to fanaticism. Smoking weed was acceptable; eating meat was forbidden. The main tenets of the sect are disdain for 'Babylon,' white people’s influence and Western ways. Yet even in their homeland of Jamaica, Safiya and her siblings were outcasts for being Rastafarian, ostracized by other Jamaicans for not cutting their hair and wearing dreadlocks. Like many religions controlled by...”

Annette • The Well-Read Moose