Reader's Place: May 1, 2023
ABOUT PEOPLE: Are people who need people REALLY the luckiest people in the world?
All good people here: a novel, by Ashley Flowers, 2022. (Catalog)
A journalist uncovers her hometown's dark secrets when she becomes obsessed with the unsolved murder of her childhood neighbor and the disappearance of another girl twenty years later. The police, the family, the townspeople - all seem to be hiding something. And the deeper Margot digs into Natalie's disappearance, the more resistance she encounters, and the colder the new case feels.
Decent people: A novel, by De'Shawn Charles Winslow, 2023. (Catalog)
In the still-segregated town of West Mills, North Carolina, in 1976, Marian, Marva, and Lazarus Harmon-three enigmatic siblings-are found shot to death in their home. The people of West Mills- on both sides of the canal that serves as the town's color line-are in a frenzy of finger-pointing, gossip, and wonder. The crime is the first reported murder in the area in decades, but the white authorities don't seem to have any interest in solving the case.
Cold people: a novel, by Tom Rob Smith, 2023. (Catalog)
A mysterious force captures Earth and gives humanity thirty days to move to Antarctica, where they will be allowed to exist and survive in the planet's most extreme environment.
My People: Five decades of writing about black lives , by Charlayne Hunter-Gault, 2022. (Catalog)
Throughout her storied career, Hunter-Gault has chronicled the lives of Black people in America--shining a light on their experiences and giving a glimpse into their community as never before. Though she has covered numerous topics and events, observed as a whole, her work reveals the evolving issues at the forefront of Black Americans’ lives and how many of the same issues continue to persist today.
People vs. Donald Trump: an inside account, by Mark F. Pomerantz, 2023. (Catalog)
Pomerantz’ investigation led him to believe that the former president's approach to business had much in common with the business practices of another well-known public figure--former mob boss John J. Gotti. Pomerantz has written a cautionary tale that illuminates the challenges of prosecuting Donald Trump, why Trump manages to dance between the raindrops of accountability, and how others might bring him to justice.
Compiled by Ina Rimpau