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Suggested Reading

The following lists books that address women's issues as well as the elimination of racism. Many of these selections are books that were discussed our previous Race in America Book Club meetings. For current and future book selections for our book club, click here to visit our Public Policy website page.

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
Author:  Barbara Ehrenreich, Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc.

The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued
Author: Ann Crittenden Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated

America's Childcare Problem: The Way Out
Author Suzanne Helburn and co-author Barbara Bergman
2002/01 ISBN:031221149X Hardcover

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and Other Conversations About Race
Author: Beverly Daniel Tatum Publisher: Basic Books

How to Mother a Successful Daughter: A Practical Guide to Empowering Girls from Birth to Eighteen
Author: Nicky Marone
1999/04 ISBN:0609802763 Trade Paper

How To Father a Successful Daughter
Author Nicky Marone
2001/12 ISBN:0449002608 Trade Paper

The Tortilla Curtain
Author:  TC Boyle

Farewell to Manzanar
Author:  Jeanne Houston

Your Blues Ain't Like Mine
Author:  Bebe Moore Campbell

When the Emperor Was Divine
Author:  Julie Otsuka

April Raintree
Author:  Beatrice Mossiner

Shame of the Nation
Author:  Jonathaon Kozol

Dinarzad's Children
Author:  Pauline Kaldas

Covering
Author:  Kenji Yoshino

White Like Me
Author:  Tim Wise

The Bluest Eye
Author:  Toni Morrison

Enrique's Journey
Author:  Sonia Nazario

Caucasia
Author: Danzy Senna

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Author:  Anne Fadiman

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Author:  Julia Alvarez

Americans in Waiting
Author: Hiroshi Motomura

Interpreter of Maladies
Author:  Jhumpa Lahiri

Uprooting Racism
Author:  Paul Kivel