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the book uses individual stories of important historical figures to lift the voices of enslaved and marginalized people
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Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer Format:Paperback While a steaming cup ofLonglisted for the Center for Fiction Debut Novel prize, this fableistic, beautifully crafted, poetic debut novel about a sister trying to hold back her brother from the edge of the abyss is for readers of Jesmyn Ward and Tommy Orange (The New York Times Book Review). In the tourist town of Ciudad de Tres Hermanas, in the aftermath of their mothers passing, two siblings spend a final weekend together in their childhood home. Seeing her brother, Rafa,