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A review by jacki_f
What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons
4.0
This is a novel that reads like non-fiction. It feels so real that it's hard to believe it isn't. It's about a woman named Thandi, who is half South African and half American. She is light skinned and always feels like she doesn't quite belong. It's a book about race, about grief (she loses her mother to cancer) and about relationships. It moves around in time and incorporates quotes and statistics. Occasionally I got a little confused about where we were but it was never for long.
What amazed me about this book was the poignant observations and how real and true it felt.
What amazed me about this book was the poignant observations and how real and true it felt.