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Return to Dixie by Truscott Jones Truscott Jones delivers a potent reimagined history of the United States in Return to Dixie, echoing and exploring the stark divides that still sunder America today.  In this startling vision of the past and present, Lincoln was assassinated before his inauguration, the Civil War never occurred, and the Confederacy persists into modern times, as does [...]… https://www.selfpublishingreview.com/2026/03/return-to-dixie-by-truscott-jones/ #NewReleases #ContemporaryFictionBookReviews #LGBTQIBookReviews

How to Break a Girl by Amanda Sung A vulnerably told story of three soulmates making their way in a world far from home, How to Break a Girl: Whatever doesn't break you makes you write a novel about it by Amanda Sung is a striking and original novel about the balance between assimilation and identity. Three Asian-Canadian immigrants - the endearingly awkward [...]… https://www.selfpublishingreview.com/2026/02/how-to-break-a-girl-by-amanda-sung/ #NewReleases #ContemporaryFictionBookReviews #WomensFictionBookReviews