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1. 1. Highwire Moon

   

   Serafina is an illegal migrant worker in California who is caught by police and sent back to Mexico without her three-year-old daughter. Twelve years later, with a pair of silver barrettes her only tangible memory, she undertakes a difficult journey across the border to find Elvia. Elvia, now fifteen and pregnant, resolves to track her mother, and both travel through a landscape of poor migrants, truckers living hand-to-mouth in seedy motels, and lost children in foster homes as they seek connection and home.

   The 11859th Greatest Book of All Time

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2. 2. I Been In Sorrow's Kitchen And Licked Out All The Pots

   

   This novel follows the life of Marietta Cook, a tall, resilient African American woman from the Gullah community in South Carolina, as she endures the hardships and complexities of the American South. Through her journey, we witness her strength and determination as she raises her twin sons, contends with racial and social challenges, and strives to maintain her cultural heritage. The narrative, rich with Gullah dialect and traditions, paints a vivid portrait of a woman's struggle for survival and dignity against a backdrop of historical events that shape her community and the nation.

   The 12833rd Greatest Book of All Time

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3. 3. Sacrament

   

   In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, four ICU nurses in San Bernardino—Larette Embers, Cherrise Martinez, and traveling nurses Pam Ott and Marisol Manalang—live in RVs beside the hospital and form a makeshift household. Facing extreme heat, family strains, and the relentless demands of caring for dying patients, they forge a fragile community of solidarity, care, and survival.

   The 13075th Greatest Book of All Time

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