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I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Malaka Gharib shows us what it was like growing up the daughter of a Filipino mother and Egyptian father. Living in California, but spending summers in Egypt with her father‘s new family, the clash of cultures becomes increasingly evident. Like most teens, she struggled with identity. I loved the relationship and parallels between her and Hala. Also loved the 90s music references; we must be about the same age. 🤘🏼
Will never complain about getting my oil changed because it means uninterrupted reading time!
We‘ve got some beautiful EARLY lilies in this week‘s #BookReport thanks to the warm weather in February!
The tagged graphic memoir was my favorite book this week. Malaka looks back on her childhood visits to her dad and stepmom in Egypt and how their relationship evolved. Fancy Bear was an incredibly interesting look into the world of 5 noteworthy hacking incidents that show their evolution. Stone Angel was lovely @vivastory ! Thanks for ⬇️
pickI love Malaka Gharib and will keep reading as many graphic memoirs as she publishes! She has such a straightforward but thoughtful way of addressing issues of identity, being multicultural, navigating complex family relationships, and more. I thought the colors were especially great in this book, too.
pickI‘m a big fan of graphic novels, especially memoirs in that form, and this is one I would recommend. The author tells the story of her summers spent with her dad, stepmom, and eventually their children, in Egypt. She grapples with fitting into a different culture, a new family, and then growing up. I didn‘t agree with her take at the end, but really enjoyed the story. #2023 #graphicnovel
pickI love graphic novel/memoirs, and this one is excellent. I saw it on NPR‘s 2022 Books We Love list, and after I finished, I realized I owned the author‘s previous title… (See my next post!)
This Libby borrow is a graphic memoir by an Egyptian-American woman about her childhood summers spent with her father in Egypt.
On my hook : Meribella Dress in a Hobbii gradient cotton. #litsycrafters
pickAnother excellent graphic memoir from NPR editor Malaka Gharib. Gharib, a Filipina-Egyptian-American, is looking back at the summers she spent in Egypt visiting her father, stepmother and much younger half-siblings. She lovingly and honestly explores struggles with identity and belonging as well as some complicated family dynamics.
You can read this as a stand-alone, but I recommend starting with her previous, I Was Their American Dream.
