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  Publication Date:  April 6, 2021 Format:  Hardcover Genre:   Magical Realism/black fiction  Publisher:  Harper       Length:  352 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Hardcover  Synopsis Laila desperately wants to become a mother, but each of her previous pregnancies has ended in heartbreak. This time has to be different, so she turns to the Melancons, an old and powerful Harlem family known for their caul, a precious layer of skin that is the secret source of their healing power. When a deal for Laila to acquire a piece of caul falls through, she is heartbroken, but when the child is stillborn, she is overcome with grief and rage. What she doesn’t know is that a baby will soon be delivered in...

Publication Date:  September 5, 2017 Format:  Paperback  Genre:  Fantasy Fiction Publisher:  Schribner Length:  305 pages Buy:  Kindle   | Audiobook  Synopsis Jojo is thirteen years old and trying to understand what it means to be a man. He doesn’t lack in fathers to study, chief among them his Black grandfather, Pop. But there are other men who complicate his understanding: his absent White father, Michael, who is being released from prison; his absent White grandfather, Big Joseph, who won’t acknowledge his existence; and the memories of his dead uncle, Given, who died as a teenager. His mother, Leonie, is an inconsistent presence in his and his toddler sister’s lives. She is an imperfect mother in constant confli...