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A review by lattelibrarian
Break This House by Candice Iloh
4.0
"My babies. I hope now you can see me for who I really was. Somebody who ain't always know how to be your mama. Somebody who ain't know how to be. Just a person."
When Yaminah receives a Facebook message from a family member telling her that her mother has died, she spirals into confusion, grief, and loss. She returns to Obsidian and reacquaints herself with the family she left behind only to unravel the timeline of her mother's death, all while dealing with her cousins, their families, and her grandmother's announcement to sell the house.
The story is interspersed between Yaminah's perspective and portions of her mother's diary, showing the struggles of motherhood, addiction, and family. What we are left with is a tender and evocative story of picking up the pieces and trying, somehow, to move on.
When Yaminah receives a Facebook message from a family member telling her that her mother has died, she spirals into confusion, grief, and loss. She returns to Obsidian and reacquaints herself with the family she left behind only to unravel the timeline of her mother's death, all while dealing with her cousins, their families, and her grandmother's announcement to sell the house.
The story is interspersed between Yaminah's perspective and portions of her mother's diary, showing the struggles of motherhood, addiction, and family. What we are left with is a tender and evocative story of picking up the pieces and trying, somehow, to move on.