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    Category: Multi-Cultural Fiction

    The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

    Publication Info: Published June 2, 2020 by Penguin Audio. I listened to this book through my local library. Other editions available. Summary: Twins Stella and Desiree were… Read more “The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett”

    August 5, 2020 by The Brown Bookloft

    Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

    Publication Info: Published April 16th 2019 by Sarah Crichton Books. I listened to the audio edition. Other editions available. Summary: For several families, hope lies in a… Read more “Miracle Creek by Angie Kim”

    July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 by The Brown Bookloft

    The Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

    Publication Info: Published May 14, 2019 by Knopf. Hardback edition courtesy of my local library. Other editions available. Summary: On a summer day in northern Russia, two… Read more “The Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips”

    October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 by The Brown Bookloft

    Daughter of Moloka’i by Alan Brennert

    Publication Info: Published February 19th 2019 by St. Martin’s Press. E-book edition provided by NetGalley. Other editions available. Summary: In the Kapi’olani Home for Girls on O’ahu,… Read more “Daughter of Moloka’i by Alan Brennert”

    April 4, 2019 by The Brown Bookloft

    Will of a Tiger by Iris Yang

    Publication Info: Published January 28, 2019 by Open Books. Paperback or Kindle editions available. Summary:  Birch Bai, a Chinese Air Force Pilot and Danny Hardy, an American… Read more “Will of a Tiger by Iris Yang”

    March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 by The Brown Bookloft

    The Storyteller’s Secret by Sejal Badani

    Publication Info: Published September 1, 2018 by Brilliance Audio. Other editions available. (I listened to the book from Audible.com). The Storyteller’s Secret is a novel about obligation,… Read more “The Storyteller’s Secret by Sejal Badani”

    March 18, 2019 by The Brown Bookloft

    The Kinship of Secrets by Eugenia Kim

    Publicaton Info: November 6th 2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Pre-pub Kindle edition courtesy of Eidelweiss+ by Above the Treeline. Summary: Four-year-old Inja lives with her uncle, aunt,… Read more “The Kinship of Secrets by Eugenia Kim”

    October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 by The Brown Bookloft

    House of Gold by Natasha Solomons

    Publication Information: Pre-Pub Kindle edition, October 23, 2018 by G.P. Putnam sons. Pre-pub courtesy of First to Read. Originally published by Cornerstone Books, May 3, 2018. Summary:… Read more “House of Gold by Natasha Solomons”

    September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 by The Brown Bookloft

    Wings of a Flying Tiger by Iris Yang

    Publication Date: May 2018 by Open Books Summary: Jasmine Bai, a university student, leaves the relative security of her uncle’s house in Chungking to find her parents… Read more “Wings of a Flying Tiger by Iris Yang”

    August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 by The Brown Bookloft

    Beneath the Same Heaven by Anne Marie Ruff

    Publication date, March 20, 2018 by Open Books. Summary: In a Dubai nightclub, a blond American journalist named Kathryn meets Rashid Siddique, a darkly handsome Pakistani man.… Read more “Beneath the Same Heaven by Anne Marie Ruff”

    July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 by The Brown Bookloft
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