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Valmiki's Daughter

In Valmiki’s Daughter, seriously acclaimed and best-selling novelist Shani Mootoo returns to the fashion — and a few of the subjects — she first explored in her breakout e-book, Cereus Blooms at evening.

Mootoo introduces readers to the Krishnus, a well-to-do Trinidadian relatives firmly ensconced within the strict social hierarchy of the island. during this tale of kin secrets and techniques, patriarch Valmiki conceals a painful truth approximately his sexual identification whereas his youngest, the energetic and clever Viveka, struggles to come back to phrases with a painful mystery hooked up to her sexual id.

As Valmiki’s and Viveka’s secrets and techniques threaten to shake the principles of the relations, this superbly written and hypnotically paced novel explores the complicated interplay of race, gender, type, and sexuality in a closed society.

The Girl Who Ate Kalamazoo

In this charming novel, Darrin Doyle paints an enthralling portrait of the all-American family—if the all-American family’s youngest baby ate a whole urban in Michigan with a grin, that is.  Doyle has a flare for writing approximately kin disorder with a twist. With a distinct mixture of realism and myth, the lady Who Ate Kalamazoo is the relocating tale of the hauntingly attractive Audrey Mapes, who started her illustrious “career” via downing crayons by way of the carton in simple terms to graduate to consuming a complete urban one chunk at a time.

Sometimes a Great Notion

The very good moment novel from the mythical writer of 1 Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Following the awesome luck of his first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey wrote what Charles Bowden calls "one of the few crucial books written by way of an American within the final part century. " This wild-spirited story tells of a sour strike that rages via a small lumber city alongside the Oregon coast.

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