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How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

4.52 AVERAGE

kkespinoza's review against another edition

4.25

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jessie_cobb's review against another edition

5.0

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hannchilada's review against another edition

4.5

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So beautifully written…every moment felt.

julieaimebienlire's review against another edition

5.0

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lilheens's review against another edition

4.0

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dipyourchicken's review

4.5

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This was an incredible story. My only complaint was that it was a little long in certain sections and dragged a bit in the middle.

am0401's review against another edition

5.0

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Loved it so much. This might be the book that gets me into memoirs. 

alwayshaveparis's review against another edition

5.0

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sarah_guido's review against another edition

5.0

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ha1eemah's review against another edition

4.0

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A book that I put down and came back to. 

This memoir is affecting and visceral, and Safiya and her family seemed to enter the room wherever I was ready. My awe is in her storytelling skill and its vulnerability at telling her story, while still reconciling with her father, her culture, her religion, and herself, and leaving room for its potential. Nothing is absolute. My heart is wrenched at descriptions of her as a child, of the familiar loneliness in her school and at home, of her waiting for her life “to begin.” This is one long poem. It captures of the complexity of loving your parents and those who have hurt you, of seeking to understand them, and still giving them room to grow and make right.