02960cam a2200349 4500 683924270 TxAuBib 20230307120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781982197384 1982197382 B0B3Y7NPMZ Amazon 5451f0ae-e28c-4cdf-804d-c6270cf6dd40 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9065135 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Johnson, Sadeqa. The House of Eve [Libby]. Simon & Schuster, 2023. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3024kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. African American Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>REESE'S FEBRUARY 2023 BOOK CLUB PICK</b><br /> <b>AN INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b><br /> <br /> <b>"Amazing...These two women's lives intersect in the most wonderful and unlikely of ways. I was completely surprised by the ending of this beautifully told and written book." —Reese Witherspoon</b><br /> <br /> <b>"A triumph of historical fiction" (<i>The Washington Post</i>) set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal.</b><br /> 1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright.<br /> <br /> Eleanor Quarles arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition and secrets. When she meets the handsome William Pride at Howard University, they fall madly in love. But William hails from one of DC's elite wealthy Black families, and his par­ents don't let just anyone into their fold. Eleanor hopes that a baby will make her finally feel at home in William's family and grant her the life she's been searching for. But having a baby—and fitting in—is easier said than done.<br /> <br /> With their stories colliding in the most unexpected of ways, Ruby and Eleanor will both make decisions that shape the trajectory of their lives. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-03-07 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5451f0ae-e28c-4cdf-804d-c6270cf6dd40&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5451f0ae-e28c-4cdf-804d-c6270cf6dd40&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5451f0ae-e28c-4cdf-804d-c6270cf6dd40&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXPLE