A review by ananyagirish
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo

5.0

I loved listening to the author read this book! Her cadence and inflection convey so much depth and feeling; I came so close to tears so many times. I think feeling untethered/ unwanted/ distinctly different are things that immigrants and children of immigrants feel so intimately. Imagining a life that could have been, with your parents happy and thriving and your community filled with joy rather than bogged down by having to assimilate or create as little turbulence as possible is so real.