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AMAZING! Beautifully written. Maddie is a mid-20s Black woman navigating her sense of self/identity amidst living in white London, at a job where she is under-appreciated and recognized, and being the glue that holds her family together.
Her parents are Ghanaian immigrants and her mother holds Maddie to a very high cultural threshold, which is difficult to maintain while trying to figure out who she is -- a mix of "nature" Ghanaian, but also 21st-century British. Her dad has Parkinson's and her family leaves her to be his major caretaker, also responsible for keeping the finances afloat, thinking she can handle it all because of her namesake "Maame", meaning woman.
A very relatable read and was extremely heart warmed at her growth, bravery, and navigation to figure out her role in her newly changed family, and coming to terms with who she is and who she wants to be. Highly recommend for anyone to read!
Her parents are Ghanaian immigrants and her mother holds Maddie to a very high cultural threshold, which is difficult to maintain while trying to figure out who she is -- a mix of "nature" Ghanaian, but also 21st-century British. Her dad has Parkinson's and her family leaves her to be his major caretaker, also responsible for keeping the finances afloat, thinking she can handle it all because of her namesake "Maame", meaning woman.
A very relatable read and was extremely heart warmed at her growth, bravery, and navigation to figure out her role in her newly changed family, and coming to terms with who she is and who she wants to be. Highly recommend for anyone to read!