Ladislara
A blog as diverse as my life has been
Tag: Contemporary Fiction
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A Poignant Journey Through Youth and Identity
Discover the tender, bittersweet world of Annie John (by Jamaica Kincaid) as she navigates childhood, family tensions, and self-discovery on the sun-soaked island of Antigua
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A Treaty on Female Friendship Betrayal [Book Review]
R.F. Kuang exposes the raw insides of the publishing industry in this novel about privilege, racism and deception
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Book Review: Dear Life
Nobel winner Alice Munro shares snippets of life in rural Canada in the 1940s
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Doramar: Stories of Those Who Were Forgotten
Booker nominee Itamar Vieira Jr. explores the universe of domestic workers, enslaved men, executioners and the insane
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Book Review: The Collected Regrets of Clover
A novel about a death doula coming to terms with life
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Book Review: A Grandmother Begins the Story
A story about Indigenous heritage, told by multiple voices – and some issues with the Indigenous literature I have access to
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Book Review: Nightbloom
The story of two inseparable friends divided by an ocean of grief, rancor and family trauma
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Book Review: Daughter
A dark novel about living in the shadows of fame and manipulation
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Book Review: Americanah, or How To Become Black in America
A Nigerian woman’s journey of discovery of her own ethnicity after moving to the U.S. – “I did not think of myself as black, and I only became black when I came to America.”
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