What Barack Obama is Reading

The following comes from the September 10 Special Convention Issue of Time magazine:

 

“His laptop lies open, alone on the polished desk, across from a tray where an aide has placed the two novels he is reading at the moment, HOME by Toni Morrison and SALVAGE THE BONES by Jesmyn Ward. Both authors are award-winning women who focus on the same subject, the hardship and heroism of poor Americans…”

 

 
Jesmyn Ward is a Mississippi native, former Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi and 2011 National Book Award Winner. She visited us last year to sign copies of SALVAGE THE BONES. Available is the hardcover ($24) paperback ($15) Google eBook ($11.99) and signed first edition ($125). 

Toni Morrison's HOME is available in hardcover ($24) Google eBook ($11.99) and signed first edition ($100).