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April 14, 2020

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published April 14, 2020. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in April 2020.

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Heaven

by Jaime Herndon

Emerson Whitney’s genre-bending memoir "Heaven" is about gender, family, and memory. It is cerebral in examining social labels and expectations, as well as how selves are constructed and the stories that people tell themselves about... Read More

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Lake Like a Mirror

by Ho Lin

Malaysian Chinese author Ho Sok Fong writes from the point of view of the dispossessed and downtrodden. Her striking short story collection "Lake Like a Mirror" unveils a lesser-known side of Malaysia, wherein minority women struggle to... Read More

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The Prettiest Star

by Eileen Gonzalez

A family grapples with prejudice and impending loss in Carter Sickels’s historical novel "The Prettiest Star". In 1980, Brian ran away from his conservative hometown and arrived in New York City, where he could live openly as a gay... Read More

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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

by Michelle Anne Schingler

Credited with igniting Korea’s next feminist wave, "Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982" censures patriarchal cultures with its rage-inducing stories of everyday abuses. One ordinary night in his ordinary home, Daehyun notices that a change has... Read More