A review by simonereadsbooks
That Hair by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida

3.0

Translated from Portuguese, That Hair is an autobiographical inspired tragicomedy that tells the story of immigration and colonialism through the experience of a young mixed girl learning how to love her hair. This is a genre that I don’t read to often and it was paired with wandering, flowing prose. Due to this I needed to be in a focused head space to be able to process and enjoy the writing. Within the wandering narrative there were these solid, defined sentences/paragraphs that hooked me. Despite the differences in location and background, the way the author talked about her hair really resonated with me. She took me on a journey of her self-discovery and little moments she described intersected with my own lived experiences.