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\nThis month we will be reading Redwood Cou rt by DeLana R.A. Dameron.
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\nA breathtaking debut about one u nforgettable Southern Black family\, seen through the eyes of its youngest daughter as she comes of age in the 1990s.
\n&ldquo\;Mika\ , you sit at our feet all these hours and days\, hearing us tell our tales . You have all these stories inside all the stories everyone in our family knows and all the stories everyone in our family tells. You write &rsquo\ ;em in your books and show everyone who we are.&rdquo\;
\nSo begins award-winning poet Dé\;Lana R. A. Dameron&rsquo\;s debut novel\, Red wood Court. The baby of the family\, Mika Tabor spends much of her time in the care of loved ones\, listening to their stories and witnessing their struggles. On Redwood Court\, the cul-de-sac in the all-Black working-clas s suburb of Columbia\, South Carolina\, where her grandparents live\, Mika learns important lessons from the people who raise her: her exhausted par ents\, who work long hours at multiple jobs while still making sure their kids experience the adventure of family vacations\; her older sister\, who in a house filled with Motown would rather listen to Alanis Morrisette\; her retired grandparents\, children of Jim Crow\, who realized their own v ision of success when they bought their house on the Court in the 1960s\, imagining it filled with future generations\; and the many neighbors who h old tight to the community they&rsquo\;ve built\, committed to fostering j oy and love in an America so insistent on seeing Black people stumble and fall.
\nWith visceral clarity and powerful prose\, Dameron reveals t he devastation of being made to feel invisible and the transformative powe r of being seen. \;Redwood Court \;is a celebration of extraordina ry\, ordinary people striving to achieve their own American dreams.
\n< p>Genres: Historical Fiction | Coming of Age | Family Dynamics | R ace and Identity | African American Stories\n