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We asked the booksellers at all three of our locations for their favorite books of 2021. These are the top 10 books that made it onto the majority of those lists.
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This impish debut is brief and dizzying, the literary equivalent of a whippit. Modern malaise has never felt so sly and despite the book's lack of physical heft (clocking in at 115 pages), it is heavy on charm.
This a comprehensive survey of the history of Asian immigration to the Americas, the growth of Asian American communities, and the complex entanglement of American immigration policies and American identity. Lee's book is broad in scope but it also dives into all the detail a serious scholar is capable of when illuminating a lesser-known facet of history. It's really readable and will be very useful to anyone looking to better understand our country's long record of exclusionary, racist immigration policy, and the centrality of Asians to American history.
Expanding on the phrase, “Drop a girl in a body of water and let her find her depth”--this is an amazing story with full feelings. I had to take a long walk after reading it just to digest and let all the ideas inside swirl around in my head.
It follows Kirabo from girlhood to maturity and the women in her life who influenced her -- from the “witch” down the street, her step-mother, and her grandmother, to her village friends and city school friends -- all representing different traditional or modern points of view that challenged and stretched her to become a strong woman in historical Uganda full of civil unrest and growing feminist influence.
Warm and inspiring but still realistic. I will definitely be following this author in the future!