A review by lenareadsstuff
Mother Country by Etaf Rum

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Mama, the word like a bullet to my chest.

It's kind of inpressive how much emotion this book carries while being so short — a devastating but profound look at an individual experience of suffocating familial/cultural & gendered expections, generational trauma, and (being) mothers.