'All That She Carried' weaves together generations of Black women
NPR's Book of the Day
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Tia myles is a historian, which means she's part time traveller and part private investigator. She uses whatever scant historical record she could find to tell the stories of black women who have owned it since 18 50. The book just won this year's national book award for non fiction. Waken phoenix stars as a man who takes an emotional journey with his nephew to discover the family that connects them. Also starring gabby hoffman and newcomer woody norman - now playing so cana e.
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