Twitter summary: “At some point, the subconscious logic of this had spread to the rest of her life so that she rarely talked about things she had been deeply affected by.”
The good: Jacob writes a heartfelt story about familial relationships and loss. Set in two different time periods (Amina in high school and in the present being the late 1990s), Amina is sleepwalking through life but it unfolds when she returns home to uncover her family’s past. I related to this story as it is the mindset of the typical first-generation immigrant family. I appreciated Akhil’s unapologetic perspective, Kamala’s tenaciousness, Thomas’ ever present strength and Amina’s struggles with understanding her own feelings.
The bad: A bit slow in the beginning as I kept waiting for the shoe to drop. It finally did and then I was hooked.
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