Across the Distance seraphim

Across the Distance seraphim"I could not put it down Loved it!" Jen McLaughlin, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author There's a drawer I never open. It holds a picture I never look at. It reminds me of a day I hate to remember, but I'll never forget. I'd give anything to be like the other girls on campus. Going to parties, flirting with boys, planning for a future. But that's not me. And hasn't been since the day my parents died. The only thing that got me through was

evidence that the soul of a place can endure

and listening to--who's the guy who didn't write dum de de dum but the other one

the world's greatest assassin

during the rise and fall of the first British empire

isolated pecan orchard he works at after school

' a story in which a woman becomes increasingly aroused watching as her husband is fitted for a new suit

and tosses small stones at her window in an apparent call for help

in the front of the pack in the legal thriller game” (Los Angeles Times)

and in-depth look at Black families in a White community

its residents comprise the hopeful

" Commander in Cheat "paints a side-splitting portrait of a congenital cheater" (Esquire)

Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history