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Zegen de dochter

Warsan Shire

4.19 AVERAGE

emmyj12's review against another edition

5.0

What could I say that hasn't been said better? Incredible poetry, and I highly recommend.

leontyna's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

I was a bit torn how to rate it since even with a glossary some of the poems were a bit hard to understand. BUT any collection that makes me cry deserves 5 star. There were so many excellent heart wrenching poems here.
My favourite remains the one I bought the collection for - Home.

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itsinabook_'s review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

jamjunrb's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense

Wow, this collection of poems is a rich exploration of migration, womanhood, and generational understandings of diaspora. There are so many beautifully heartbreaking and hopeful lines throughout this project, along with exquisite plays with language that Shire generously defines for readers in a glossary. This lyrical exploration of immigrant daughterhood tackles many heavy themes and topics, yet it remains almost (painfully) hopeful in a resilient and defiant way.