"Raised in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens--improbably smack in the middle of downtown L.A.--the narrator of The Sellout resigned himself to the fate of all other middle-class Californians: "to die in the same...
Inner cities
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Author:Beatty, PaulSummary: -
Author:Robinson, RandallSummary:A national best-selling author and founder of the TransAfrica forum, Randall Robinson is one of the most respected voices of the African-American community. In this powerful book, he convincingly argues that African Americans must...
- Author:Mink, MeeshaSummary:
Rapper Make$'s wifey, Harriet Jordan, finds herself out in the cold financially after Make$ is imprisoned for his role in the brutal rape of Luscious' friend and his business partner, Kaeyla "Goldie" Dennis, a...
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Author:Armstrong, LuanneSummary:In I’ll Be Home Soon, Luanne Armstrong takes the reader on a tension-filled ride as Regan, a young girl living in the inner city, searches for her mother who has mysteriously disappeared. Homeless but by no means hapless, Regan is on...
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Author:Binchy, MaeveSummary:Clara Casey, separated mother of two, had been hoping for a more glamorous post than the shabby, run-down inner-city cardiac clinic. Ania had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life abandons her, life...
- Author:Hopkinson, NaloSummary:
The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to revive old ways - farming, barter, herb lore. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to ancient...
