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English
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"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Joy Okafor is overwhelmed. Recently divorced, a life coach whose phone won't stop ringing, and ever the dutiful Nigerian daughter, Joy has planned every aspect of her mother's seventieth birthday weekend on her own. As the Okafors slowly begin to arrive, Mama Mary goes to take a nap. But when the grandkids go to wake her, they find that she isn't sleeping after all. Refusing to believe that her sister is gone-gone, Auntie Nancy declares that she...
Author
Publisher
WestBow Press
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A thirty-five-year-old woman who spent all of her time caring for her invalid mother finds her world spinning off its axis when her mother dies. Haunted by realistic nightmares, she soon realizes someone is pursuing her and she must decide whether to confront the intruder or succumb to melancholy.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
viii, 287 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Scarface meets Moby Dick in this groundbreaking, darkly comic novel about a young man's attempt to capitalize on his mother's murky legacy--a story steeped in Miami's marvelous and sinister magic. Failed Pitbull impersonator Ismael Reyes--you can call him Izzy--might not be the Scarface type, but why should that keep him from trying? Growing up in Miami has shaped him into someone who dreams of being the King of the 305, with the money, power, and...
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