Rich with hard-won wisdom and humanity, set in locales from Miami and Port-au-Prince to a small unnamed country in the Caribbean and beyond, Everything Inside is at once wide in scope and intimate, as it explores the forces that pull us together, or drive us apart, sometimes in the same searing instant. Stories by Edwidge Danticat From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Brother, I'm Dying, a collection of vividly imagined stories about community, family, and love. After generations of conflict can human and Meduse ever learn to truly live in harmony? Everything inside. But Okwu will be the first of his race to set foot on Earth in over a hundred years, and the first ever to come in peace. And now she must return home to her people, with her friend Okwu by her side, to face her family and face her elders. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. Told in the pitch-perfect voices of Gertrude, Retta and Annie, Call Your Daughter Home is an audacious, timeless story about the power of family, deep-buried secrets and the ferocity of motherhood Binti : home by Nnedi Okorafor It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. These three women seemingly have nothing in common, yet as they unite to stand up to the terrible injustices that have long plagued the small town, they find strength in the bond that ties women together. Annie is the matriarch of the Coles family and must come to terms with the terrible truth that has ripped her family apart. Retta is navigating a harsh world as a first-generation freed slave, still employed by the Coles, influential plantation proprietors who once owned her family. Gertrude, a mother of four, must make an unconscionable decision to save her daughters from starvation or die at the hands of an abusive husband. It's 1924 South Carolina and the region is still recovering from the infamous boll weevil infestation that devastated the land and the economy. Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera A stunning tour de force following three fierce, unforgettable Southern women in the years leading up to the Great Depression. Enjoy these easy to listen to audiobooks. She has a smooth, clear, crisp and animated voice. Favorite Narrators: Robin Miles Robin Miles is an actor and audiobook narrator who has acted in Broadway shows and on TV.
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