Aftershocks: A Memoir by Nadia Owusu [in Shelf Awareness]
14 Dec, by in Adult Readers, African, Black/African American, Hapa/Mixed-race, Memoir, Repost
A stepmother's unwanted visit, a mother's unexpected phone call, a lover's departure – all happening in a single month – precipitated the breakdown that eventually engendered Whiting Award winner Nadia Owusu's penetrating debut memoir, Aftershocks. Owusu spent her youth navigating multiple continents, a half dozen countries,...