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A review by bailey_the_bookworm
Aftershocks: A Memoir by Nadia Owusu
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
4.75
Wow wow wow. This is so good and so much. Parental abandonment is brutal—to follow that up with the death of your remaining parent and a fraught relationship with your step-mother is almost unimaginable.
The seismology metaphor woven through the book and the grappling with privilege, oppression, and the messy relationship between the two—all of it is just so good.
The seismology metaphor woven through the book and the grappling with privilege, oppression, and the messy relationship between the two—all of it is just so good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Violence