Sandra Jackson-Opoku Books in Order

Generations of women trace one family's history from Africa through slavery and into modern life across the diaspora. Their connected stories explore displacement, inherited suffering, desire, and the struggle to preserve identity across centuries and continents.

The women who have known John the Baptist Wright offer competing accounts of his life. Lovers, relatives, and others reveal how he has shaped their experiences, gradually assembling a portrait of a man whose charm conceals contradictions.

Poetry, essays, and visual art respond to the life and writing of Gwendolyn Brooks. Edited by Jackson-Opoku and Quraysh Ali Lansana, the collection explores her legacy as an artist, activist, and chronicler of Black working-class experience.

When a regular customer dies after eating at her Chicago soul-food cafe, Savvy Summers faces damaging publicity and dwindling business. She and assistant manager Penny investigate, determined to find a killer and protect the restaurant's future.

A catering job turns disastrous when someone is found dead in the client's conference room. With her Chicago cafe again under scrutiny, Savvy Summers investigates workplace secrets and conflicting stories to protect her reputation and business.