Freshwater
by:
Akwaeke Emezi (author)
Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780802127358 (0802127355)
ASIN: 0802127355
Publish date: 2018-02-13
Publisher: Grove Press
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
I had a really tough time getting into this book initially. There's no doubt that the voice of the narrative is interesting, but that doesn't mean it is not confusing. Trust me, it is. Told by the voices in Ada's head—are they personalities indicative of a mental illness or spiritual beings that bat...
Akwaeke Emezi is a new, wonderfully fresh, voice to add to the many memoirs of living with C-PTSD (psychobabble below review) and surviving a traumatic childhood. Most go in rote portrayal through X happened, Y is the dysfunctional way we (identity states) dealt with it, Z is the (usually much healt...