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Anna Qu was sent by her mother as a teen to work in the family’s garment factory in Queens. At home she was treated as a maid, punished for doing her homework, and suffered abuse at her family's hands. Qu does something that most people would only dream of: she alerts the Office of Children and Family Services, and the act and consequences impact the rest of her life. Twenty years later, after an estrangement from her mother, she requests to see the report that changed her life only to find key details wrong. Qu asks uncomfortable questions about trauma, the meaning of work, and survival in immigrant families.
Italy's most popular author takes a break from his famed Inspector Montalbano mystery series for this slim, action-packed novel based in historical fact. Pulling from personal documents and court records this "reverse Spaghetti Western" recounts the years long struggle of a principled family that refused and resisted the exploitation of both the mafia and the fascist government.
A brilliant, dark and hilarious novel. Barricaded inside a computer lab amidst a prison riot, this first person narrative is daring, satiric and brave.
Miles Harvey illuminates the obscure, ludicrous, and completely true story of James Strang, a charismatic con man who capitalized on Americans' fervent religiosity in the 1840's. The story itself is supremely unlikely - a confluence of events perfectly converged and perhaps the only man in history capable of turning them to his favor. Harvey's research into Stang's pirate colony utopia is superb, translating into a story-like biography that reads with effortless humor and style. Absolutely marvelous!
Cadenza is a fictional Italian Renaissance city that Tom Beckerlegge has brought to life on the page. We follow a cast of rowdy, lovable characters who make their way from the printing quarter buzzing with the whirr of printing presses to the towery spires of the city's palazzos. A rollicking love letter to the Renaissance, this book will transport you, make you laugh, and remind you why books are pure magic.
Kindred is a great story about a woman caught between two times. She lives a normal life in the modern times until she is spontaneously transported to the Antebellum South. Octavia Butler is an incredible author and this book is my favorite of hers. She gives a commentary on race, culture, and society that is profound to this day.
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Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people –– the beauty within themselves.
-- Langston Hughes