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8little_paws 's review for:
American Spy
by Lauren Wilkinson
I had to binge-read this book when someone else put a hold on it, and I'm grateful for that. I absolutely loved this book. This is a character-driven story of a woman in the FBI, starting out when she escapes an intruder in her home and flees to her mother's home in Martinique with her young twin sons. It tells her backstory and relationship with her family, how she started in the FBI, and then ultimately leads her to an opportunity in Burkina Faso. This section of the book is based in fact, and I love when I can learn real history while reading fiction. Ultimately, we learn why she, a Black woman, chose to work in a traditionally white man's field, and also about being a Black American in Africa, and the outsiderness of that situation. So many different themes relating to both feminism and race, and woven together well. One of my favorite fiction books of the year so far.