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Send Her Back and Other Stories by Munashe Kaseke
5.0
Send Her Back and Other Storiesby Munashe Kaseke
[Barnes & Nobel] Blurb: In Send Her Back and other stories, Munashe Kaseke offers an awfully intimate, fresh telling of the immigrant Black woman experience in the United States, equally awash with a myriad of challenges as well as the joys of exploring a new world.
★★★★★
What a powerful book. I loved the differing perspectives in these stories. I really value the insight and perspectives from different cultures. "Was he a jerk or simply an American?" As an American, I'm screaming, "NOOOOOOO he's the one who's wrong!!!" but I can totally see where she would be confused. I empathize with these stories, and I get wanting to help your family in your county. But as a white woman, I don't have those same deeply engrained bonds and ties. My gut is to say, just cut them off. But in the next breath I'm aching for the bond of Dear Aunt Vimbai. I know you can't have it both ways. I am deeply grateful for this look into the lives and experiences of Immigrant Black Women in America.
I loved the arc of this book. The author notes this at the end, but as she was writing, you can tell that she was able to find some peace in her writing. The characters and stories start out sad and hopeless, and at the end there is hope and happiness. I'm a sucker for a HEA (happily-ever-after). There are so many stories in here that I want to know more. I want them to have their own moments. Their own stand-alone books. But, I guess that's the point of short stories, to leave you wanting more.
I so deeply want to dive into each chapter in this review and talk about it all. But this is a review and not book club, and I don't want to spoil the experience for others. But I highly recommend this book for others.
Thank you Munashe Kaseke for sharing these stories with me and others. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC Audiobook to review.
Overall: ★★★★★ Overall
Narration: ★★★★★ Narrator
[Barnes & Nobel] Blurb: In Send Her Back and other stories, Munashe Kaseke offers an awfully intimate, fresh telling of the immigrant Black woman experience in the United States, equally awash with a myriad of challenges as well as the joys of exploring a new world.
★★★★★
What a powerful book. I loved the differing perspectives in these stories. I really value the insight and perspectives from different cultures. "Was he a jerk or simply an American?" As an American, I'm screaming, "NOOOOOOO he's the one who's wrong!!!" but I can totally see where she would be confused. I empathize with these stories, and I get wanting to help your family in your county. But as a white woman, I don't have those same deeply engrained bonds and ties. My gut is to say, just cut them off. But in the next breath I'm aching for the bond of Dear Aunt Vimbai. I know you can't have it both ways. I am deeply grateful for this look into the lives and experiences of Immigrant Black Women in America.
I loved the arc of this book. The author notes this at the end, but as she was writing, you can tell that she was able to find some peace in her writing. The characters and stories start out sad and hopeless, and at the end there is hope and happiness. I'm a sucker for a HEA (happily-ever-after). There are so many stories in here that I want to know more. I want them to have their own moments. Their own stand-alone books. But, I guess that's the point of short stories, to leave you wanting more.
I so deeply want to dive into each chapter in this review and talk about it all. But this is a review and not book club, and I don't want to spoil the experience for others. But I highly recommend this book for others.
Thank you Munashe Kaseke for sharing these stories with me and others. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC Audiobook to review.
Overall: ★★★★★ Overall
Narration: ★★★★★ Narrator