New Books from the South and Around the World

 Gifty, a neuroscience graduate student, studies reward-seeking behavior as it relates to depression and addiction. A combination of science and faith will help her heal her grieving Ghanaian immigrant family.

Two sisters run away from their home in a small town black community, but fate will keep them together.

 A book of two stories: the health effects of working in coal mines and the decades-long battle for federal help to force companies to pay for medical care.