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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Book reviews, BooksBy W&LAugust 23, 2020

Brit Bennett’s book, The Vanishing Half, is an exploration of family relations, of the flawed notions of colourism and their insidious and long-lasting effects on the human psyche, and of two sisters’ determination to carve out…

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Book reviews, BooksBy W&LApril 10, 2020

Title: Everything I Never Told You Author: Celeste Ng Published: 2014 Genre: Fiction The book opens with “Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” From then, the author sketches a portrait of Lydia’s family…

She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore

Book reviews, BooksBy W&LApril 5, 2020

Title: She Would Be King Author: Wayétu Moore Published: 2018 Genre: Historical fiction & magic realism   In She Would Be King, Wayétu Moore reimagines the beginnings of Liberia, the West-African country founded by freed African-Americans…

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

Book reviews, BooksBy W&LMarch 28, 2020

Title: Girl, Woman, Other Author: Bernadine Evaristo Published: 2019 Genre: Fiction   For the sisters & the sistas & the sistahs & the sistren & the women & the womxn & the wimmin & the womyn…

It’s not about the burqua – edited by Mariam Khan

Book reviews, BooksBy W&LNovember 28, 2019

Title: It’s not about the burqa Author: edited by Marian Khan Published: 2019 Genre: Non-fiction This collection of essays written my Muslim women on their faith; their representation in mainstream media, or lack thereof; their feminism …

Musical tale of friendship in Zadie Smith’s Swing Time

Book reviews, BooksBy W&LNovember 22, 2019

Title: Swing Time Author: Zadie Smith Publisher: Penguin Books Published: 2016 Genre: Fiction Zadie Smith’s musical tale is about relationships in general and friendships in particular. Swing Time, about two childhood friends whose lives take completely…

Talk of the Town by Fred Khumalo – Guest review

Book reviews, BooksBy W&LAugust 12, 2019

Title: Talk of the Town Author: Fred Khumalo Publisher: Kwela Books Published: 2019 Genre: Fiction In this collection of short stories, Khumalo tackles the ideas of South African identity and of belonging by routinely detailing the…

Unapologetic powerful stories in Heads of the Colored People

Book reviews, BooksBy W&LApril 8, 2019

Title: Heads of the Colored People Author: Nafissa Thompson-Spires Publisher: Chatto & Windus (Penguin Random House imprint) Published: 2018 Genre: Fiction   And what is a black network narrative but the story of one degree of…

Educated by Tara Westover

Book reviews, BooksBy W&LMarch 30, 2019

Title: Educated Author: Tara Westover Publisher: Penguin Random House Published: 2018 Genre: Memoir In Educated, Tara Westover recounts her childhood about growing up as the youngest of seven children in a Mormon survivalist family. Not only…

Psychological thriller in Leila Slimani’s Lullaby

Book reviews, BooksBy W&LFebruary 26, 2019

Title: Lullaby Author: Leila Slimani Publisher: Faber & Faber Published: 2016 Genre: Fiction Leila Slimani’s psychological thriller about a family nanny that murders the two children she minds is an interesting exploration of human fragility and instability.…

On race, identity and representation in The Good Immigrant

Book reviews, BooksBy W&LJanuary 6, 2019

Title: The Good Immigrant Author: edited by Nikesh Shukla Publisher: Unbound Published: 2016 Genre: Non-Fiction The blurb reads: ‘What’s it like to live in a country that doesn’t trust you and doesn’t want you unless you…

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

Book reviews, BooksBy W&LDecember 18, 2018

Title: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Author: Balli Kaur Jaswal Publisher: HarperCollins Published: 2017 Genre: Fiction Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows is, as the title states, just that. The stories told by a group of Punjabi…

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