Best books to read 2017 for black women2/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Vivian Forest has never been a globetrotter, but she jumps at the opportunity to spend the Christmas holiday in London with her daughter, Maddie, a stylist for the Royal family. However, after a series of disturbing dreams about a deceased aunt and the summers the two spent together in South Carolina, Avey finds herself disembarking in Grenada, a place that she’s never been, but whose people, food, and customs reconnect her with her lost roots. ![]() ![]() Still mourning the death of her successful husband, Avatara “Avey” Johnson sets sail on a cruise ship bound for the Caribbean and, hopefully, some new excitement in what has been a comfortable, but humdrum life. Praisesong for the Widow by Paule Marshall Quicksand is both a travel narrative and a cautionary tale about the vulnerability of Black women in many spaces, and the dangers of searching for the perfect place to fit in. ![]() From the fictional Southern town of Naxos, to Chicago, Harlem, Copenhagen, and, finally, rural Alabama, Helga observes and records the lives of wealthy and poor Blacks, the sometimes-patronizing nature of racial uplift, and what it’s like to live at the mercy of whites like Helga’s Danish relatives, who see her as an exotic pawn that could improve their social standing. Written at the height of the Harlem Renaissance, Quicksand offers an intimate portrait of early-20th century Black life in both the United States and abroad. Still, Eden’s sobering sojourn to the City of Love leaves room for romance, hilarity, and a little creative inspiration. Although her own subjectivity as a Black American with a passport, a white lover, and a series of jobs shields her from the city’s most egregious social ills, she quickly learns that race and class are not just American issues, but global ones. But when she arrives, she learns that it is not as free as she thought-neither financially nor racially. Black Girl In Paris by Shay YoungbloodĮden Daniel is a wide-eyed aspiring writer who travels to Paris in search of inspiration, and to follow in the footsteps of her heroes, Langston Hughes and James Baldwin. Shay Youngblood's novel is set in the City of Love ©Will Salter/Lonely Planet 1. ![]()
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