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The Removed
by Brandon Hobson
Fifteen years ago, teenager RayRay was killed when he was shot by a police officer. Since then, members of the family have been dealing with their grief in their own ways. RayRay's mother Maria is trying to find some form of connection as her husband sinks deeper into Alzheimer's disease. RayRay's older sister Sonja spends a lot of time alone but occasionally has a flash of a romance. RayRay's brother Edgar has developed a drug problem and this time, after an overdose Edgar stumbles into a place that he calls The Darkening Land. In this purgatory of a place he stumbles around and is pestered to help out with a VR game called The Savages
As the anniversary of RayRay's death approaches, Maria tries to gather her family around her so they can remember their loss.
This was a moving and troubling look into a family damaged by violence and oppression. The story is alternately narrated by Maria, Edgar, Sonja and Tsala (a Cherokee ancestor). The author expertly weaves Cherokee folklore into the story making a book with a spiritual feeling that is all too real. The novel is simultaneously trippy and brimming with gloom.
What to listen to while reading...
Everyday is Like Sunday by Morrissey
A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cookie
Somebody That I Used to Know by Elliott Smith
Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix
All Apologies by Nirvana
As the anniversary of RayRay's death approaches, Maria tries to gather her family around her so they can remember their loss.
This was a moving and troubling look into a family damaged by violence and oppression. The story is alternately narrated by Maria, Edgar, Sonja and Tsala (a Cherokee ancestor). The author expertly weaves Cherokee folklore into the story making a book with a spiritual feeling that is all too real. The novel is simultaneously trippy and brimming with gloom.
What to listen to while reading...
Everyday is Like Sunday by Morrissey
A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cookie
Somebody That I Used to Know by Elliott Smith
Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix
All Apologies by Nirvana