The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
This is the story of a chubby boy growing up in New Jersey and is literally coming of age. It is the story of the history of the Dominican Republic under the brutal Trujillo. Diaz is able to tell a story about a boy and enlighten readers on the horrors committed by Trujillo and tie it all together. You will learn and gain insight and wisdom and the storytelling is great.
A former sports and news reporter with the New York Daily News for 16 years, Karen served four of those years on the editorial board of The News, where she was a member of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize- and Polk Award-winning teams. She was also the paper’s first African-American female news columnist. As the head of Karen Hunter Books (KHB), an imprint with Simon & Schuster, Karen has published No. 1 New York Times bestseller True You by pop icon Janet Jackson, New York Times bestselling Kris Jenner and All Things Kardashian by Kris Jenner
