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Aftershocks: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Identity by Nadia Owusu
“To heal, I would need to look inward as well as outward. I would need to examine my memories. I would need to interrogate the stories I told myself—about myself, about my family, about the world.” Unflinching and elegant Aftershocks is an impressive, engrossing, and deeply moving memoir by a promising author. In her memoir,…
1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 20th century, ALIENATION, America, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Black & Black heritage authors, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, CHILDHOOD, cultural dissonance, dislocation, england, Ethiopia, family, fathers & daughters, female authors, Ghana, Ghanian Armenian American author, GRIEF, growing up, history, identity, illness, introspective, Italy, madness, MEMOIR, MEMORY, mental health, mothers & daughters, Nadia Owusu, NEW YORK, Nonfiction, published in 2021, RACE, read in 2021, Rome, sexual assault/abuse/rape, Tanzania, terrific prose, trauma, travel, Uganda -
Home Remedies by Xuan Juliana Wang
While browsing a charity shop I picked up this collection of short stories. What drew me the most to Home Remedies was its cover (bright pink in my edition), and while I wasn’t expecting to like every single story, I hoped that I would find a few to be memorable. Sadly, none of the stories…
2 STARS, Adult, America, American, Beijing, China, chinese american author, collection of short stories, Contemporary, cultural dissonance, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), dislocation, family, female authors, Home Remedies, identity, intergenerational, lgbtq+ side, migration/immigration, published in 2019, queer side characters, read in 2020, short stories, Xuan Juliana Wang -
Everything Here is Beautiful: Book Review
Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee ★★★★✰ 4 stars “Where are you? Where the fuck are you, Lucia?” Being punched in the stomach would have been less painful than this. Lee’s depiction of mental illness is both incredibly vivid and deeply disturbing. Lucia is the focal point of the narrative: she is…
4 STARS, Adult, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, asian american, China, Contemporary, cultural dissonance, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), dislocation, Everything Here is Beautiful, family, HOSPITAL, illness, latin america, LITERARY FICTION, mental health, migration/immigration, Mira T. Lee, motherhood, pregnancy, PSYCHIATRISTS & THERAPISTS, READ IN 2019, schizophrenia, SISTERS
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