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The Mountains Sing is a multigenerational tale of the Tran family, set against the backdrop of the Viet Nam War.

Published in 1998 and classified as a modern classic, the Poisonwood Bible tells the story of the wife of a Baptist Reverend Minister

The Dragons The Giants The Women is a memoir recounting Wayetu Moore’s escape from the Civil War in Liberia.

Set in postcolonial Zimbabwe in the 1960s and 1970s, author Tsitsi Dangeremgba tells the story of Tumbudzai – Tumbu for short

The First Woman follows Kirabo on her journey to becoming a young woman and finding her place in the world.

Pachinko is a multi-generational story of Koreans living in Japan. The story starts with a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marrying a...