Tacoma Reads 2024: Novels highlighting resilienceLike this list

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• All That's Left Unsaid

  Lien, Tracey,

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  "A deeply moving and unflinching debut following a young Vietnamese-Australian woman who returns home to her family in the wake of her brother's shocking murder, determined to discover what happened--a dramatic exploration of the intricate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Another Brooklyn

  Woodson, Jacqueline,

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  For August, running into a long-ago friend sets in motion resonant memories and transports her to a time and a place she thought she had mislaid: 1970s Brooklyn, where friendship was everything. August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi shared…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Before All the World

  Rothman-Zecher, Moriel,

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  A mesmerizing, inventive story of three souls in 1930s Philadelphia seizing new life while haunted by the old. ikh gleyb nit az di gantze velt iz kheyshekh. I do not believe that all the world is darkness. In the swirl of Philadelphia at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Decent People

  Winslow, De'Shawn Charles,

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  When three siblings are found shot to death in the still-segregated town of West Mills, North Carolina, in 1976, and the white authorities show no interest in solving the case, Josephine Wright sets out to prove the innocence of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Heart of It All

  Kiefer, Christian, 1971-

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  "A small, declining town in Ohio. A family bereaved by terrible loss. A searing narrative about how American lives touch each other across divides both real and imagined... Set in failing small town in central Ohio, The Heart of It All…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love & Saffron

  a Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love

  Fay, Kim,

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  "In the vein of the classic 84, Charing Cross Road and Meet Me at the Museum, this witty and tender novel follows two women in 1960s America as they discover that food really does connect us all, and that friendship and laughter are the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moon Lake

  An East Texas Gothic

  Lansdale, Joe R., 1951-

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  "Daniel Russell was only thirteen years old when his father tried to kill them both by driving their car into Moon Lake. Miraculously surviving the crash and growing into adulthood, Daniel returns to the site of this traumatic incident in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moonrise Over New Jessup

  Minnicks, Jamila, 1977-

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  "It's 1957, and after leaving the only home she has ever known, Alice Young steps off the bus into the all-Black town of New Jessup, Alabama, where residents have largely rejected integration as the means for Black social advancement. She…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Send for Me

  Fox, Lauren,

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  "Annelise is a dreamer: imagining her future while working at her parents' popular bakery in Feldenheim, Germany, anticipating all the delicious possibilities yet to come. There are rumors that anti-Jewish sentiment is on the rise, but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Vanishing Half

  Bennett, Brit,

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  "The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Ghosts Come Home

  Cash, Wiley,

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  "The eagerly awaited novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Land More Kind Than Home, a tender and haunting story of a father and daughter, crime and forgiveness, race and memory"

• When No One Is Watching

  a Thriller

  Cole, Alyssa,

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  "Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos are sprouting like weeds, FOR SALE signs are popping up overnight, and the neighbors she's known all her life are…Read moreRead more of this annotation