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Books like The Invention of Wings
Wench
An enslaved woman at a free-state resort must choose: her friend's freedom or her children's safety.
Wench 94%
An enslaved woman at a free-state resort must choose: her friend's freedom or her children's safety.
Let Us Descend
Sold south, an enslaved woman walks with ancestral spirits who want as much as they give.
Let Us Descend 93%
Sold south, an enslaved woman walks with ancestral spirits who want as much as they give.
The Underground Railroad
On a literal railroad beneath the South, Cora flees captivity, hunted by a relentless slave catcher.
The Underground Railroad 93%
On a literal railroad beneath the South, Cora flees captivity, hunted by a relentless slave catcher.
The Yellow Wife
Sold to a slave jailer, she becomes his yellow wife. Love's return threatens her children's freedom.
The Yellow Wife 92%
Sold to a slave jailer, she becomes his yellow wife. Love's return threatens her children's freedom.
The Moonflowers
A painter memorializes her grandfather in an Appalachian town where his killer waits in the asylum.
The Moonflowers 91%
A painter memorializes her grandfather in an Appalachian town where his killer waits in the asylum.
Happy Land
Summoned home, a real estate agent discovers the lost Black kingdom buried in her family's land.
Happy Land 91%
Summoned home, a real estate agent discovers the lost Black kingdom buried in her family's land.
Women of a Promiscuous Nature
1931 North Carolina: solitary cells, forced sterilization. Three women in a reform colony resist.
Women of a Promiscuous Nature 91%
1931 North Carolina: solitary cells, forced sterilization. Three women in a reform colony resist.
The March
Civil War flames consume Georgia as a passing girl, a surgeon, and two deserters chase survival.
The March 91%
Civil War flames consume Georgia as a passing girl, a surgeon, and two deserters chase survival.
