“Thomas Hardy, full of his own instructions to damaged mankind, would have loved this book.”
Novelist John Irving's review of Tar Baby in the New York Times, March 29, 1981
Our most recommended books
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The Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
by Vashti Harrison -
Hands on the Freedom of the Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC
Faith S. Holsaert, Martha Prescod, and others (eds.) -
Milo's Museum
by Purple Wong (Illustrator) & Zetta Elliott -
Firebird
by Misty Copeland -
Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present
by Nell Irvin Painter -
Kindred
by Octavia Butler
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