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A review by momadvice
Brass by Xhenet Aliu
3.0
Brass explores a beautifully complex mother and daughter story as the duo go on their own parallel journeys. Elise, our mother in the story, is working as a waitress when she meets and falls in love with the diner's line cook, Bashkim.
What Bashkim failed to share with her is that he was already a married man.
He promises her the moon, but delivers on nothing and Elise must make the difficult decision to stay and raise their child together or leave.
Seventeen years later, Luljeta has a very complex relationship with her mother. She has never understood why she has left and she decides to go find the answers herself and the father she never knew.
This story is told in parallel narrative and Aliu does such a great job weaving the complexities of mother daughter relationships into these two characters. If you like your family stories a little messy, like me, I have a feeling that you will really enjoy this read.
What Bashkim failed to share with her is that he was already a married man.
He promises her the moon, but delivers on nothing and Elise must make the difficult decision to stay and raise their child together or leave.
Seventeen years later, Luljeta has a very complex relationship with her mother. She has never understood why she has left and she decides to go find the answers herself and the father she never knew.
This story is told in parallel narrative and Aliu does such a great job weaving the complexities of mother daughter relationships into these two characters. If you like your family stories a little messy, like me, I have a feeling that you will really enjoy this read.