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The Center for Black Literature (CBL) Book Club Announces the Pick for July 2020! Dear Friends! The next book for our monthly book club discussion will be Imbolo Mbue's Behold the Dreamers. The group online discussion is slated for Wednesday, July 29, 2020 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. All are welcome to join in! And please be sure to RSVP by Friday, July 24, 2020. Once you RSVP via email, you'll get details about how to be a part of the discussion (which happens each last Wednesday of the month). Founder Dr. Brenda M. Greene moderates the discussions and considers suggestions from book club members each month. She shares that "this month's novel extends our discussions on writers from the African Diaspora and focuses on the story of a young Cameroonian couple who is making a new life in New York as the Great Recession descends on the country. The themes related to immigration, relationships, the recession all resonate with contemporary issues." Behold the Dreamers has been a New York Times Bestseller and was winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Also, it was named as one of the best books of the year by NPR, The New York Times Book Review, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Public Library, BookPage, Refinery29, and Kirkus Reviews. Learn more about the author (pictured below) via her own website: www.imbolombue.com. Also, we strongly encourage you to purchase the book from a Black-owned bookstore. Explore https://bit.ly/blackownedbookstores Let's Celebrate Our Stories Together! The July 2020 Selection is Behold The Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue RSVP via email by Friday, July 24, 2020 [email protected] Click HERE to Purchase the Book from a Black-Owned Bookstore

From the first sentence, I knew I would love this book. So excited to enter this world 😍 BEHOLD THE DREAMERS by Cameroonian author, Imbolo Mbue, published just last year in 2016. #beholdthedreamers #imbolombue #fiction #africanwriters #africa #westafrica #cameroon #america #americandream #theamericandream

I actually read this book #HowBeautifulWeWere by #ImboloMbue during lockdown. It’s very well written and the indictment is hard to miss. However there are also some borderline clichés on African culture. I did enjoy the book. Maybe this kind of African literature is the new magic realism. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg3qFUwBh__/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Ahh, I just shared a reel of what came in my @booksthatmatteruk subscription boxes for October and August (which was a gift for subscribing). Have you read either of these books? — How Beautiful We Were by #imbolombue #howbeautifulwewere — His Only Wife by @peacemedie #hisonlywife As soon as I read them, I’m definitely going to share a #bookreview The gifts in both boxes were so cute as well: — beautiful designed face mask — #organiccotton mini grocery bag (tbh im not just taking it with me to the supermarket 🤪) — @blossomandbloomuk feet spray — @hipchocolate it’s milk chocolate — @tabithaeveco reusable cotton pads — @scenceskincare lip balm — @kibtea lemongrass and moringa tea + bookmarks #books #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #booksubscriptionbox #subscriptionbox #unboxing #booksthatmatter (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVigsPBoGCs/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Its’s a #readroserepeat kind of a Friday🌹🍷[#partner @randomhouse]⁣ ⁣ I’m buddy reading #ImboloMbue’s second novel (on sale 6.16.20) with Chelsea over at @suspensethrill! I’m about 75 pages in and I already know this will be one of my favorite reads. You can’t help but it think of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, the BP oil spill and so many other atrocities. ⁣ ⁣ HOW BEAUTIFUL WE WERE is the story of “what happens when the residents of a fictional African village named Kosawa decide to rise up and fight back against an American oil company that has been polluting their land. Spanning forty years, it follows a generation of children growing up in this village, and what happens to them as they watch their parents fight the oil company, and when they themselves take up the fight.”⁣ ⁣ I don’t know about you but this book was one of my most anticipated reads of 2020. Super thankful to the amazing folks @randomhouse for sending it my way 🖤⁣ ⁣ What are y’all reading? I hope you are doing ok. Sending you virtual hugs 🤗⁣ • • •⁣ Wine: #Sancerre Rosé ⁣ 📚🍷⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #spinesvines #booksandwine #diversespines #roseallday #buddyread #fridayreads #howbeautifulwewere (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-iYnNEAE6s/?igshid=656p2hapra66

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Another book recommendation? Yes, I am on a roll! I was very excited when @harpercollinsin send over a copy of Imbolo Mbue’s novel. Behold the Dreamers was on my list of the shiniest debuts of 2016 (link in bio if you are interested). It tells the story of the immigration laws of America and the blowing impact of recession on both businessmen and immigrants. As the characters struggle to survive, they get intertwined in secrets, betrayal and terrifying days. - - I thought the characters were well fleshed and the story was narrated with a good emotional punch. I might say I expected more from the book after reading the blurb. The Cameroonian family felt more real and relateable while the American family fell a bit flat for me. Overall this is a fast read, so it is perfect to pick up if you are having a busy week. #thebooksatchelreviews 3.5⭐️ - - Do you have any favourite novels about the immigrant experience? . . . #beholdthedreamers #diversebooks #imbolombue