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marcel's review against another edition
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4.0
I look at my past life and it looks back at me and we both envy each other.
chenzhili's review against another edition
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5.0
This was a beautiful and vulnerable collection of stories, thoughts, and emotions. As a Canadian, we don't learn much about the world outside of the euro/white-centric perspectives. I cried on a several occasions and had to take some time between reading, but in some ways, that's what I look for in a book: an experience, a feeling, something to tie us together in the human condition.
jbbikes's review against another edition
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5.0
rei_reads's review against another edition
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5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Cancer, and Terminal illness
tam_6's review against another edition
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coneyboro's review against another edition
4.0
A powerful memoir describing the epigenetic intergenerational effects of war, trauma and genocide. The fragmented chapters cross time and mix the author's experiences and recollections of her family with letters to her son written to his future self when she knows she has a terminal illness. Critically examines what it is to be a refugee and who should tell their stories - academics or the people themselves.
The layout didn't quite work in an e-book and I didn't understand why 'f's were missing from some words. Nevertheless, a book that will stay with me for some time.
Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this e-book.
The layout didn't quite work in an e-book and I didn't understand why 'f's were missing from some words. Nevertheless, a book that will stay with me for some time.
Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this e-book.