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A review by juliannecridlin
The Attic Child by Lola Jaye
5.0
TW for the book: child abuse, sexual abuse, child trafficking
This book eloquently describes the real-life implications of colonialism that not only plagued the world centuries ago but continue to do so today. This story, influenced by one person, but probably more Black people at large, does not sugarcoat the trafficking and stealing of people's culture and lives. Exploring the wider abuses that come not just from colonization but also interpersonal abuse at the hands of other individuals was a heartbreaking story and necessary.
This book eloquently describes the real-life implications of colonialism that not only plagued the world centuries ago but continue to do so today. This story, influenced by one person, but probably more Black people at large, does not sugarcoat the trafficking and stealing of people's culture and lives. Exploring the wider abuses that come not just from colonization but also interpersonal abuse at the hands of other individuals was a heartbreaking story and necessary.