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050	0	0	_aDS79.766.C37 _bA3 2013
082	1		_aFIC SOL _2
100	1		_aSolomon, Asali
245	1	4	_aThe days of Afrekete _c/ Asali Solomon
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Farrar, Straus and Giroux _c, 2021
300			_a190 p. _c; 22 cm
520			_aInspired by Mrs. Dalloway and Sula, The Days of Afrekete is a tender, surprising novel about two women who rediscover themselves - and perhaps each other. Liselle Belmont is having a dinner party. It seems a strange occasion - her husband, Winn, has lost his bid for the state legislature - but what better way to thank key supporters than a feast? Liselle was never sure about her husband becoming a politician, never sure about the limelight, never sure about the life of fundraising and stump speeches. Then an FBI agent calls to warn her that Winn might be facing corruption charges. An avalanche of questions tumbles around her: Is it possible he's guilty? Who are they to each other; who have they become? How much of herself has she lost - and was it worth it? And just this minute, how will she make it through this dinner party? Across town, Selena Octave is making her way through the same day, the same way she always does - one foot in front of the other, keeping quiet and focused, trying not to see the terrors all around her. Homelessness, starving children, the very living horrors of history that made America possible: these and other thoughts have made it difficult for her to live an easy life. The only time she was ever really happy was with Liselle, back in college. But they've lost touch, so much so that when they ran into each other at a drugstore just after Obama was elected president, they barely spoke. But as the day wears on, memories of Liselle begin to shift Selena's path.
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aMiddle aged women _v--Fiction
650		4	_aPoliticians' spouses' _x-Fiction
650		4	_aAfrican American women _v--Fiction
650		4	_aFemale friendship _v--Fiction
650		4	_aCorruption _x-Fiction
651		4	_aPhiladelphia (Pa.) _v--Fiction
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