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Review: Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect Victorian governess. She’ll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But the longer … Continue reading

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Review: Deacon King Kong by James McBride

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The funny, sharp, and surprising story of the shooting of a Brooklyn drug dealer and the people who witnessed it—from James McBride, author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird In September 1969, … Continue reading

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Review: The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A gripping historical novel about a spirited young girl who joins a sisterhood of Black women working together to undermine the Confederates—from the award-winning author of We Cast a Shadow The American Daughters follows … Continue reading

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