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• A Professional Lola

  and Other Stories

  Tuazon, E. P., 1986-

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  A collection of short stories that blend literary fiction with the surreal to present the contemporary Filipino American experience and its universal themes of love, family, and identity.

• All the Right Notes

  Lim, Dominic, 1974-

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  ​In this hilarious and joyous LGBTQ+ rom com, sparks fly when a piano genius and a Hollywood heartthrob are thrown together for a charity performance of solos, heartfelt duets, and a big, showstopping finale.

• Forgiving Imelda Marcos

  Go, Nathan,

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  A former chauffeur for Philippine president Corazon Aquino, reaches out to his estranged journalist son from his nursing home in Manila, offering him a scoop about a secret meeting between Imelda Marcos and Aquino, whose husband was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Multo

  a Thriller

  Fazzi, Cindy,

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  Filipino-American bounty hunter Domingo's latest job is finding biracial Filipino woman Monica Reed--for the third time. Monica is the only fugitive who has ever escaped him, and the only one he's ever released, against orders. As he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Murder and Mamon

  Manansala, Mia P.,

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  The Calendar Crew have stuck their noses into everybody's business for years, but now it seems the tables are turned as Lila must pry into the Calendar Crew's lives to figure out who has a vendetta against the extremely opinionated yet…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• La Tercera

  a Novel

  Apostol, Gina,

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  A vision of Philippine history from the 19th century to present day in the fragmented story of the Delgados, a family surviving across generations of colonization, catastrophe, and war.

• Now You See Us

  a Novel

  Jaswal, Balli Kaur,

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  The wildly entertaining and sharply observed story of three women who work in the homes of Singapore's elite, and band together to solve a murder mystery involving one of their own.

• When the Hibiscus Falls

  Galang, M. Evelina, 1961-

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  This collection of short stories center on the experiences of Filipina women and families. Interweaving Filipino folklore and Tagalog, this book quietly but insistently challenges racialized capitalism and the exclusion of the Filipino…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• After Lambana

  Myth and Magic in Manila : a Graphic Novel

  Victoria, Eliza, 1986-

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  On the shadowy, noir-tinged streets of Manila, two friends seek a cure for a mysterious malady. To add to their problems, the Magic Prohibition Act has been adopted, and Lambana--the supernatural realm of the Diwata--has fallen. Will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Circling Back to You

  a Novel

  Tieu, Julie,

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  Their relationship between two coworkers takes a turn when a business trip lands them both in their hometown and Matt enlists Cadence as a pretend girlfriend for a family gathering. When competing promotions threaten to separate Cadence…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Karankawas

  Garza, Kimberly, 1985-

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  When word spreads of a storm gathering strength offshore known as Hurricane Ike, Galveston residents must make a difficult decision: board up the windows and hunker down or flee inland and abandon their hard-won homes in this blazing and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Halina Filipina

  a New Yorker in Manila

  Arre, Arnold,

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  When Halina Mitchell makes her first trip to Manila, the eye-opening immersion in her homeland turns all her assumptions on their head. With the film critic Cris as her guide, she's given a vivid glimpse of a teeming city few others get to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dwellers

  a Novel

  Victoria, Eliza, 1986-

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  Cousins from a clan of dwellers--people who inhabit the bodies and lives of others--become brothers when they take over the bodies of Jonah and Louis. An injury forces them to remain in the brothers' house, where they discover that the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pride and Protest

  Payne, Nikki, 1982-

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  As the adopted Filipino son of a wealthy white family, Dorsey Fitzgerald always felt a bit out of place, and knows a fraud when he sees one. But when DJ Liza B's protest to take her neighborhood back from the soulless property developer…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When We Had Wings

  Lawhon, Ariel,

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  When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and Filipina nurse Lita Capel forge a friendship at the Army Navy Club in Manila, they believe they are living a paradise assignment. As the beauty and promise of…Read moreRead more of this annotation