Local author
Here are some suggestions for your Summer Book Bingo NW 2023 category: Local author. Annotations from Kirkus Reviews, unless otherwise attributed.
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We Hereby Refuse
Three Japanese American individuals with different beliefs and backgrounds decided to resist imprisonment by the United States government during World War II in different ways. Jim Akutsu, considered by some to be the inspiration for John Okada's No-No Boy, resisted the draft and argued that he had no obligation to serve the US military because he was classified as an enemy alien. Hiroshi Kashiwagi renounced his United States citizenship and refused to fill out the "loyalty questionnaire" required by the US government. He and his family were segregated by the government and ostracized by the Japanese American community for being "disloyal." And Mitsuye Endo became a reluctant but willing plaintiff in a Supreme Court case that was eventually decided in her favor. (NoveList)
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The Other Mothers
Reflecting on the odds stacked against her because of her sexual orientation while giving us a wonderful glimpse of what America can be, the author shares her and her partner's struggle with fertility and how they navigated a patriarchal medical community to build a family together. (NoveList)
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Legends & Lattes
The much-beloved BookTok sensation from Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes is a novel of high fantasy and low stakes. (NoveList)
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Facing the Mountain
A deft new account of “one of the most decorated units in American history.
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The Hacienda
In the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence and the execution of her father, Beatriz accepts Don Rodolfo Solorzano's proposal of marriage and is whisked away to his remote country estate where she is faced with a malevolent presence linked to his first wife's death. (NoveList)
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Exhalation
Exploring humankind's place in the universe and the nature of humanity, many of the stories in this stellar collection focus on how technological advances can impact humanity's evolutionary journey.
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King of Joy
A young woman suffering from grief beyond measure pours her suffering into a job as an adult-film actress.
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Skid Road
A compelling look at the historical roots of poverty and homelessness, the "worthy" and "unworthy" poor, and the role of charity health care and public policy in the United States. Home to over 730,000 people, with close to four million people living in the metropolitan area, Seattle has the third-highest homeless population in the United States. (Publisher)
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Legends of the North Cascades
After his wife's death, a man brings his young daughter to live in a cave he has found in the Cascade mountains. Once there, his daughter begins to sense the presence of other people in the cave, a mother and son who retreated there during the last ice age in an effort to survive. (NoveList)
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Small World
A train accident reveals the connections among a host of people across race, class, history, and the country in this ambitious epic.
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