South Windsor Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler
Rebecca DonnerSouth Windsor LibraryAll The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days by Rebecca Donner. The thrilling story of Mildred Harnack a PhD student who became an organizer for the resistance and eventually an Allied spy. #SWPL #SouthWindsorLibrary #SouthWindsorCT #WomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistoryMonth2023 https://t.co/80i2igrF9Z
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Radiant Fugitives
Nawaaz AhmedSouth Windsor LibraryRadiant Fugitives by Nawaaz Ahmed: Seema's father cut her off when she came out. She lives alone, estranged from her ex-husband and about to deliver a baby boy, Ishraaq. Ishraaq's arrival brings to her side her terminally ill mother Nafeesa, and her ob/gyn sister Tahera. https://t.co/LHlzDyOCsr
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon JamesSouth Windsor LibraryMarlon James is a Jamaican writer. He is the author of five novels John Crow's Devil, The Book of Night Women, A Brief History of Seven Killings, which won him the 2015 Man Booker Prize, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, and Moon Witch, Spider King #SWPL #SouthWindsor #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/0IhqxgtQrh
Paperback, 2020
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Honoree Fanonne JeffersSouth Windsor LibraryHonorée Fanonne Jeffers is an American writer SHe was long-listed for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry In 2021 she was the recipient of a United States Artists fellowship She published her debut novel The Love Songs of WEB Du Bois in 2021 #SWPL #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/7fwPeZgVrS
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Homegoing
Yaa GyasiSouth Windsor LibraryYaa Gyasi is a Ghanaian-American. Her novel Homegoing won her the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award for best first book, the PEN/Hemingway Award for a first book of fiction, and the American Book Award. #SWPL #SouthWindsorLibrary #SouthWindsor #SouthWindsorCT https://t.co/3o9WhqkXuq
Paperback, 2017
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James BaldwinSouth Windsor LibraryJames Baldwin was an acclaimed American writer His first novel Go Tell It on the Mountain was published in 1953 decades later Time magazine included the novel on its list of the 100 best English-language novels released from 1923 to 2005 #SWPL #SouthWIndsorCT #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/9mfUcQX5y8
Paperback, 2013
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Invisible Man
Ralph EllisonSouth Windsor LibraryRalph Ellison was an American writer best known for his novel Invisible Man which won the National Book Award in 1953 Juneteenth was published posthumously after being assembled from voluminous notes he left upon his death. #SWPL #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2023 https://t.co/DxqJTDgRKJ
Paperback, 1995
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Guncle
Steven RowleySouth Windsor LibraryThe Guncle by Steven Rowley: Gay Uncle Patrick, has always loved his niece and nephew. That is, he loves spending time with them when they visit Palm Springs. So when Maisie and Grant lose their mother and their father is ill, Patrick is suddenly their primary guardian.#SWPL https://t.co/Aty3SiAyY9
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Verifiers
Jane PekSouth Windsor LibraryRead With Pride: The Verifiers by Jane Pek: Claudia is used to keeping secrets from her family such as she prefers girls to nice Chinese boys, and now she's been recruited by Veracity, an online-dating detective agency. #SWPL #SouthWindsorLibrary #SouthWindsor #SouthWindsorCT https://t.co/KhKxzPtTDA
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Color Purple
Alice WalkerSouth Windsor LibraryAlice Walker is a novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the 1st African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Color Purple. #SWPL #SouthWindsorLibrary #SouthWindsor #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2023
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book