Black History in Fiction: 2023
From historical fiction to fantasy to romance to thrillers, in settings that range from ancient Africa through the Civil War and Civil Rights era, this varied list of adult fiction published over the last year explores and evokes the rich array of Black history. (January 2023)
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Things Past Telling
Born in West Africa in the mid-eighteenth century, Maryam Prescilla Grace--a.k.a "Momma Grace" will live a long, wondrous life marked by hardship, oppression, opportunity, and love. Throughout her triumphant and tumultuous life Maryam gains and loses her homeland, her family, her culture, her husband, her lovers, and her children. Yet as the decades pass, this tenacious woman never loses her sense of self.
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Black Cloud Rising
Sergeant Richard Etheridge, the son of a slave and her master, must prove that his troops in the African Brigade are skilled and trustworthy as they raid the areas occupied by the Confederate Partisan Rangers in the fall of 1863.
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