The Last Queen of Sheba by Jill Francis Hudson

Opens up about her rocky past and her path to redemption. Debbie decides she just isn't going to 'do it anymore.” In this scorching, mournful, often explicit, and never less than moving literary novel by the famed creator of the Easy Rawlins series, Debbie Dare, a black porn queen, has to come to terms with her sordid life in the adult entertainment industry after her tomcatting husband dies in a hot tub. Revolted by her nation's widespread corruption and deep-rooted social injustice, she resolves to visit and learn from the legendary Solomon, King of Israel. Covert operations and guerilla warfare transform her into a warrior woman until a chance reunion with an old love forces Timneet to reconsider her path.Ī Makeda, daughter of an obscure African chieftain, is unexpectedly chosen as Queen of all Sheba. On a quest to avenge her riven family and murdered friends, Timneet Melke leaves behind a burgeoning romance to join the Eritrean liberation effort. Menghedi: Two Women, Two Journeys, One Hope For Freedom The story of Mireille Duval Jameson, a rich and self-assured Haitian woman kidnapped by a gang of heavily armed men who intend to hold her until her unwilling father pays up. Told in alternating voices, the author recounts the story of Marcia, our fierce heroine, who leaves her island home in order to protect the man she's loved for years, and finds herself isolated in a strange land but with the determination to survive and rebuild. Updated monthly.check out our list for August.Īn epic saga about a Trinidadian family spanning WWII to the early Sixties. Looking for something to read from an African/African American point of view and or written by someone from the Diaspora? Allow me to save you an extra step and browse our list of new books available now or coming soon to the Denver Public Library. New African American Interest Books and Authors

The Last Queen of Sheba by Jill Francis Hudson