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“Growing up in Corona, Queens with her loving and supportive parents, Razia struggles to balance her love for her parents and her Pakistani-American heritage with her growing self-knowledge and desire for independence. As her sexual awakening and her need to follow her own heart pull her farther from her parents’ plans for her future, inevitable conflict arises. This well-crafted coming-of-age story peopled with wonderful characters ends perfectly, leaving questions and possibilities for both ...”

Nancy
Raven Book Store

“Full of twists and set in my favorite New York museum, The Cloisters kept me intrigued and guessing from beginning to end. Ann steps into an unexpected summer internship and a series of events she was not expecting. This is a story full of history, mystery, the occult, and death. And even some sex, drugs, and rock and roll! A deftly woven tale with an ending that surprised me - the best kind.”

Nancy
Raven Book Store

“The world is pretty anxious-making these days, so recommending a book in which the author wrestles with their own anxiety might seem counterintuitive, but having read (and loved) Mary Laura Philpott’s debut essay collection, I Miss You When I Blink, I knew I was in the safest of safe hands. In Bomb Shelter, Philpott takes all the fear/messiness/worry of being a human/parent/child and makes it... not all better, necessarily, but lighter. Less lonely. And funny! This is a warm, reassuring hug o...”

Tove
Powell's Books

“There’s no room for human fallibility in the dystopia of Jessamine Chan’s debut novel, so when Frida Liu — overwhelmed, sleep deprived, and desperate for a moment of reprieve — has a lapse in judgment as a mother, the consequences are swift and dire. Frida’s journey is a harrowing one, and the world she inhabits — where resources that could be used to support people are instead used to monitor, isolate, and punish them — hardly feels far-fetched. A tense, engrossing tale that stings with pare...”

Tove
Powell's Books

“In Fight Like Hell, Kim Kelly celebrates the untold stories and unsung heroes of the American labor movement, taking great care to center voices that have historically been sidelined or silenced in mainstream conversations around workers' rights. The result is an inclusive, fascinating, and galvanizing retrospective that mines the depths of the history of the working class to extract precious insight and inspiration for its future.”

Tove
Powell's Books

“Demon Copperhead is one of my favorite books of 2022. Demon is a boy growing up in Appalachia, struggling to survive poverty, neglect and the opioid crisis. I listened to the audiobook from Libro.fm, and Kingsolver's beautiful writing is expertly brought to life by narrator Charlie Thurston.”

Mike
A Great Good Place for Books