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\nPride and Protest by Nikki Payne
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\nABOUT THE BOOK
\nA Pride and Prejudice retelling that is new and fresh\, Liza B.&mdash\;the only DJ who gives a jam&mdash\;wants to take her neighborhood back from the soull ess property developer dropping unaffordable condos on every street corner in DC. But her planned protest at a corporate event takes a turn after sh e mistakes the smoldering-hot CEO for the waitstaff. \;
\nBy day\, Nikki Payne is a Civic anthro pologist building accessible government services for vulnerable population s\, by night she dreams of ways to subvert Canon literature. Hailed as "in candescent" by the Washington Post\, Nikki Payne's debut novel Pride and P rotest was a Phenomenal Book Club pick and was selected by the Library of Congress to represent the District of Columbia for the National Book Festi val. Featured in the New York Times\, NPR\, Elle\, Oprah Daily and BuzzFee d\, Nikki Payne is writing black women into their happily ever after.
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