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HERE COMES THE SUN by Nicole Dennis-Benn

August 5, 2016

GORGEOUS, HEARTBREAKING JAMAICAN novel captures the beauty of the country, the struggles of its people. A MINUS

HERE COMES THE SUN
Liveright Publishing Corporation
2016

Grade: A MINUS

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SEARCHING FOR ZION, by Emily Raboteau

May 24, 2013

SEEKING A “PROMISED LAND” in Israel, Africa, and the US South, a writer looks compellingly at race and faith.

Grade: B PLUS

SEARCHING FOR ZION: THE QUEST FOR HOME IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Grove/Atlantic
2013

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GOD CARLOS, by Anthony Winkler

December 19, 2012

THE CLASH OF CULTURES dramatized in this sharply witty picaresque novel of Spaniard vs. Arawak in 1520 Jamaica.

Grade: B PLUS

GOD CARLOS
Akashic Books
2012

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