Before Tom Joyner was cruising with your parents, Black Americans enjoyed resorts and vacations for us by us. What is the history of Black getaways? That's our theme this week. It's a lot of fun. Then, on to our book.
There's death in the air, even though this summer on the island of Martha's Vineyard, a wealthy, upper-class Black American beauty is planning her wedding to a white jazz musician of little means. Her eagerness to pursue a new life with one outside of her class and race forces everyone in her family to face their fears and insecurities and drives one man to desperation as he vows to take the soon-to-be bride for himself. Within 24 hours, secrets are unloaded, hearts are broken. Will former sins bring new woe's to the families both elevated and captivated by their past. By the end of summer, will they stand before an alter or a casket?
The bride-to-be? Shelby Cole
The book: The Wedding by Dorothy West
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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Prayers for the Stolen by Jennifer Clement
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker by A'Lelia Bundles
Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem by Daniel R. Day
Black Card: A Novel by Chris L. Terry
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Remembering Laughter by Wallace Stegner
The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Part 2)
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Part 1)
BONUS! Hamilton the Musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Project Girl by Janet McDonald
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Becoming by Michelle Obama
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