Wheaton Public Library: Grow with Us!
Fun fact: a section of The Dearly Beloved, Cara Wall’s debut novel, is set in Wheaton, Illinois! I had no idea this was the case when I started reading the book upon its 2019 release. My motivation to snap it Read more
Brit Bennett‘s debut novel, The Mothers, earned well-deserved attention in 2016. The Vanishing Half, a compassionate and illuminating multi-generational saga published in 2020, has been received with even more enthusiasm by critics and readers alike, who have compared Bennett’s writing Read more
Set in a Nigerian town, this book opens with a mother finding her son’s body on her front porch. This was no natural death and who took the time to wrap him in a cloth and place him in front Read more
At the onset of this story, Roy and Celestial have been married for a little over a year, and are just getting to the point where they understand each other. Tragically, their marriage is derailed by a miscarriage of justice Read more