BOOKS
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BOOKSTHAT / LIST NO. 4577

Books that
Tell Stories Set in the Past

Historical fiction and stories set in the past, where another time starts behaving like a mirror.

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Cover of The Color Purple
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The Color Purple

Alice Walker

Walker gives Black women’s voices room to grow from enforced silence into love, solidarity, and the power to shape their own lives.

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Cover of Nothing to My Name
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Nothing to My Name

Kangkang Li Kovacs

Three generations of Chinese women navigate family relationships, survival, and identity through the Communist Revolution, Cultural Revolution, and aftermath of Tiananmen Square.

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