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Aftershocks: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Identity by Nadia Owusu
βTo 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 myselfβabout myself, about my family, about the world.β 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 -
We Are All Birds of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan
We Are All Birds of Uganda is a debut novel that inspired rather conflicting feelings in me. At first, I enjoyed Hafsa Zayyan’s ability to render her protagonist’s environment. I was not surprised to discover that Zayyan is like her protagonist Sameer a lawyer based in London. Zayyan captures the stressful atmosphere of Sameer’s office,…
2 STARS, Adult, British author, Contemporary, cultural dissonance, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), england, family, fathers & sons, female authors, friendships, Hafsa Zayyan, insta love, intergenerational, Islam, LONDON, male friendships, politics, published in 2021, RACE, read in 2021, Religion, social issues, travel, Uganda, We Are All Birds of Uganda, work culture
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