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The Bad Muslim Discount

February 8, 2021

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The blurb for The Bad Muslim Discount calls it “hilarious” so I was ready for some kind of satirical, light, comedic look at Muslim culture in America told from the Middle Eastern perspective. I was ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: cultural, debut, literary, religion

No Heaven for Good Boys

January 29, 2021

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In Senegal, young boys are often sent from their rural villages to Dakar, a city where they have opportunities for religious and secular education not found at home. Most often it begins when the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Africa, cultural, debut, literary, social issues

What Could Be Saved

January 18, 2021

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The word “normal” ceases to exist in families who lose a child. Either they re-form together into a new unit or they separate. After 8-year-old Philip disappears in What Could Be Saved, the Preston ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: cultural, family, Southeast Asia

EarthEater: A Novel by Dolores Reyes

November 20, 2020

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An unnamed young woman lives in the barrios of Argentina with her older brother and her aunt. They have recently buried her beloved mother and her father has left. She responds to the need for answers ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, cultural, debut, literary

A Girl is a Body of Water

September 30, 2020

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I came upon Jennifer Makumbi’s novel, A Girl is a Body of Water, in my efforts to further diversify my reading. It’s a multi-generational saga centered around a young Ugandan woman named Kirabo. The ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1970s, Africa, cultural, literary

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