#WeNeedDiverseBooks A State of Freedom

[readincolour]

New Books Coming Your Way, January 2 & 9, 2018

Mouths Don't Speak by Katia D. Ulysse 224 p.; Fiction No one was prepared for the massive earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, taking over a quarter-million lives, and leaving millions more homeless. Three thousand miles away, Jacqueline Florestant mourns the presumed death of her parents, while her husband, a former US Marine and combat veteran, cares for their three-year-old daughter as he fights his own battles with acute PTSD. Horrified and guilt-ridden, Jacqueline returns to Haiti in search of the proverbial "closure." Unfortunately, the Haiti she left as a child twenty-five years earlier has disappeared. Her quest turns into a tornado of deception, desperation, and more death. So Jacqueline holds tightly to her daughter--the only one who must not die. A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee 288 p.; Fiction In this stunning novel, prize-winning author Neel Mukherjee wrests open the central, defining events of our century: displacement and migration. Five characters, in very different circumstances—from a domestic cook in Mumbai, to a vagrant and his dancing bear, to a girl who escapes terror in her home village for a new life in the city—find out the meanings of dislocation and the desire for more. Set in contemporary India and moving between the reality of this world and the shadow of another, this novel of multiple narratives—formally daring, fierce, but full of pity—delivers a devastating and haunting exploration of the unquenchable human urge to strive for a different life. The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani 240 p.; Fiction When Myriam, a mother and brilliant French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work, she and her husband are forced to look for a caretaker for their two young children. They are thrilled to find Louise: the perfect nanny right from the start. Louise sings to the children, cleans the family’s beautiful apartment in Paris’s upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late whenever asked, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on each other, jealousy, resentment, and frustrations mount, shattering the idyllic tableau. Building tension with every page, The Perfect Nanny is a riveting exploration of power, class, race, domesticity, and motherhood—and the debut in America of an immensely talented writer. The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey 400 p.; Fiction Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father’s law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a legal education from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes women’s legal rights especially important to her. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. But as Perveen examines the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. What will they live on? Perveen is suspicious, especially since one of the widows has signed her form with an X—meaning she probably couldn’t even read the document. The Farid widows live in full purdah—in strict seclusion, never leaving the women’s quarters or speaking to any men. Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate, and realizes her instincts were correct when tensions escalate to murder. Now it is her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that no innocent women or children are in further danger. The Boat People by Sharon Bala 352 p.; Fiction When a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war reaches Vancouver’s shores, the young father thinks he and his six-year-old son can finally start a new life. Instead, the group is thrown into a detention processing center, with government officials and news headlines speculating that among the “boat people” are members of a separatist militant organization responsible for countless suicide attacks—and that these terrorists now pose a threat to Canada’s national security. As the refugees become subject to heavy interrogation, Mahindan begins to fear that a desperate act taken in Sri Lanka to fund their escape may now jeopardize his and his son’s chance for asylum. Told through the alternating perspectives of Mahindan; his lawyer, Priya, a second-generation Sri Lankan Canadian who reluctantly represents the refugees; and Grace, a third-generation Japanese Canadian adjudicator who must decide Mahindan’s fate as evidence mounts against him, The Boat People is a spellbinding and timely novel that provokes a deeply compassionate lens through which to view the current refugee crisis. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "lisarbobbitt-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "e7797552535685bcee0fe314e4acae27"; amzn_assoc_asins = "0143132172,1616957786,1617755923,0385542291,0393292908"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_title = "New Books Coming Your Way, Jan. 2 & 9"; January 05, 2018 at 10:00AM from ReadInColour.com http://ift.tt/2m3J6lU

[siehomme]

When I first started writing my YA novel, All Kinds of Other, it was early 2016, and transgender equality seemed to be making great strides. There was a sympathetic president in office, federal protections, more inclusive language… I wondered if the problems my young characters encountered would even be relevant to teen readers when it was published. Progress always moves forward, right? 
Cut to 2023. 
There are more than 300 bills circulating at this moment through Republican-controlled state legislatures (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Florida, South Dakota… it’s relentless), aimed squarely at harassing, demonizing, and even eradicating the trans community. Outlawing medical care, policing restrooms and locker rooms, even criminalizing parents and doctors who are trying to help their children get the gender-affirming care they need. It’s fear-mongering and cynical political opportunism at its worst, paid for by vulnerable trans kids, their friends, families, and larger communities. It’s all part of a larger plan to suppress nonconformity and stifle our individual freedoms by policing queer bodies.  
The trans community has always been on the forefront of the LGBTQ struggle for equality. It’s time to step up for them: our trans siblings; our trans parents; our trans children; our trans friends. Be an ally. Push back against hate. Stay informed (@chasestrangio @alokvmenon @therealalexandrabillings @pinkmantaray are good people to follow) Donate. Reach out. Vote. 

#transrightsarehumanrights #lgbtqia #AllKindsofOther @weneeddiversebooks #lgbtq  #queerlit #protectstranskids 
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[exploreucity]

Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to the 1963 March on Washington, and from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving the Medal of Freedom from the first African-American president. Now, to share his remarkable story with new generations, Lewis presents March, a graphic novel trilogy, in collaboration with co-writer Andrew Aydin and New York Times best-selling artist Nate Powell (winner of the Eisner Award and LA Times Book Prize finalist for Swallow Me Whole). March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement. #childrensbooks #kidlit #kidsbookstagram #bookstagram #bookstore #books #bookclub #booksforkids #bookshelf #readwoke #blackbookstagram #blackauthors #saintlouis #RepresentationMatters #blackbusiness #supportblackbusiness #childauthor #classroom #teacher #blackgirlbooks #diversebooks #literacymatters #blackboysandbooks #blackbookstore #blackboysread #WeNeedDiverseBooks #SaveIndieBookstores Reposted from @eyeseeme_bookstore (at Eyeseeme) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC3_KGIjRc3/?igshid=12qx22vtijfcz

[thebookdragon217]

Happy Juneteenth my loves! I'm so excited to start the #letsgetstamped buddy read hosted by the squad: @melanatedreader @_pagesgaloree & @booksteanhenny. It's not too late to join in the celebration and education. I am also feeling blessed and extra happy because I have the best book friends. Thank you so much @richardr.greenislit for this beautiful copy of I am Alphonso Jones. You are so generous. Thank you so much to @thereadingroom444 for sending me Allegedly which I have been trying to get for weeks. This truly brought tears to my eyes. Here is a little information about Juneteenth history: Juneteenth was originally celebrated in Texas, on June 19, 1866. It marked the first anniversary of the day that African Americans there first learned of the Emancipation Proclamation more than two years after it was initially issued. The holiday was originally celebrated with prayer meetings and by singing spirituals and wearing new clothes to represent newfound freedom. Within a few years, African Americans were celebrating Juneteenth in other states, making it an annual tradition. #blacklivesmatter #readblackbooks #letsgetstamped #buddyreadsrock #allegedly #iamalfonsojones #stampedfromthebeginning #books #weneeddiversebooks #blackbooks #blackvoicesmatter #readblackbooks #supportblackauthors #diversereader #bookdragon #bookworm #booknerd #booksandplants #booksinnature #representationmatters #readtolearn #readandgrowempathy #readtothink #tonymedina #tiffanydjackson #ibramxkendi #jasonreynolds (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBomHeyga95/?igshid=3q7has8pgi10