検索キーワード： 著者 "Deborah Abrams" すべてのカテゴリー

This story follows Wilfred Smith during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the difficult days that followed. Based on the real letter he wrote to his family, the book describes what he saw, where he went, and how people worked together to survive and help one another after the disaster. This true story introduces young listeners to an important moment in California history through the experiences of a real person who lived through it.

I never knew the cost of being Black in Corporate America. The price I would pay with my dignity and fundamental rights as a human being just to have a job that wasn't in a low-income sector. A job that had a satisfying career path and gave me and my family a chance to live the American Dream. Although the last five years of my employment were horrific and I suffered in ways most people cannot imagine, that's all behind me now because I proved systemic racism in my workplace, kept my job, and was offered a six-figure settlement, among other things.

Hush Money tells a story that is all too familiar to Black people across the globe with the case study of Ebony, a young Black woman who was living in poverty, struggling financially, and finding it hard to make ends meet. It describes how she obtained a job with an organization, after years of working dead end jobs, that put her one step closer to living the American dream.