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• Promises & Pomegranates

  Miller, Sav R.,

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  In this dark and disturbing mafia romance--based loosely on the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone--Miller (Sweet Sin) pairs a mob fixer with a mafia princess.

• Fruit of the Dead

  a Novel

  Lyon, Rachel, 1983-

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  An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of one summer on a lush private island, about addiction and sex, family and independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld.

• Pomegranates & Artichokes

  a Food Journey From Iran to Italy

  Setareh, Saghar

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  Pomegranates and Artichokes is the story of Saghar's own culinary journey from Iran to Italy, in which she describes the many parallels that link Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food cultures, and shows how ingredients and recipes-unconstrained by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bitter Fruit

  Dangor, Achmat, 1948-2020

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  A clear-eyed, witty, yet deeply serious look at South Africa's political history and its damaging legacy in the lives of those who live there.

• Lore Olympus. Volume One

  Smythe, Rachel,

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  Persephone, young goddess of spring, is new to Olympus. Her mother, Demeter, has raised her in the mortal realm, but after Persephone promises to train as a sacred virgin, she's allowed to live in the fast-moving, glamorous world of the gods.

• Pomegranate

  Lee, Helen Elaine,

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  Pomegranate is a complex portrayal of queer Black womanhood and marginalization in America from an author “working at the height of her powers” (Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling). In lyrical and precise prose, Helen Elaine Lee paints a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Relit

  16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories

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  In classic stories remixed, Latinx characters take center stage. Whether characters fall in love, battle foes, or grow through grief, each story will empower readers to see themselves as the heroes of the stories that make our world

• Sin Eater

  a Novel

  Campisi, Megan, 1976-

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  In Elizabeth I's England, a fourteen-year-old girl who steals a loaf of bread is sentenced to be a sin eater, a shunned woman who must assume the sins of the dead, and becomes drawn into a dangerous mystery at the heart of a corrupt and violent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Persephone Rising

  Awakening the Heroine Within

  Pearson, Carol, 1944-

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  In this empowering work, the bestselling author of The Hero Within and Awakening the Heroes Within speaks to the heroine in every woman, offering potent strategies to forge lives of greater happiness and fulfillment--through activating the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pomegranate Gate

  Kaplan, Ariel

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  Toba Peres can speak, but not shout; sleep, but not dream. She can write with both hands at once, in different languages, but she keeps her talents hidden at her grandparents' behest. Naftaly Cresques sees things that aren't real, and dreams things…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons

  Selected Stories

  Taraqqī, Gulī

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  For Western readers, this fascinating collection might be most absorbing for the glimpses of daily life in Iran it provides, both in times of trouble and during more ordinary occurrences, like dance class for teenage girls in 1953 or a household…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pomegranates & Pine Nuts

  a Stunning Collection of Lebanese, Moroccan and Persian Recipes

  Kehdy, Bethany

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  Bethany Kehdy is renowned for the contemporary Middle Eastern and North African recipes that she publishes on her blog (dirtykitchensecrets.com). Born in Houston, Texas to an American mother and a Lebanese father, Bethany grew up in Lebanon during…Read moreRead more of this annotation