★★★★☆For the longest time, Perdie has wanted to take her three children and escape from her abusive husband. When she finally builds up the courage to set herself free, tragedy strikes, leaving Perdie wondering if the choice she made to leave has led them to this moment. How different would things be if she was given the opportunity to take it all back...

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★★★☆☆Queenie Jenkins, a 25-year-old Jamaican British living in London, is going through a lot. At the national newspaper where she works, she's constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers; a messy break up with her long-term white boyfriend causes her to seek comfort in all the wrong places; and the strained relationship she has with her mother is brought closer to...

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★★★★★Palestine, 1990: Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining her suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naive and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married to a man over ten years her senior, and is soon living in Brooklyn with his family. There, Isra struggles to adapt to the new country where the expectations...

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