pick#BookerLonglist #5
Very elegantly written, I became engaged in the book immediately I enjoyed following the narrator‘s struggle to live in NYC while she‘s still strongly rooted in the Albania she left behind. Het empathy for other refugees jeopardizes her mental wellbeing as well as her closest relationships. She moves between this empathy and self-preservation and there seems no closure. An impressive read.
#ReadTheWorld2025 #27 #Albania
GatheringBooks, AnneCecilie, TheKidUpstairs, Chelsea.Poole, rmaclean4, squirrelbrain, Graywacke, ImperfectCJ, Mattsbookadaysarahbarnes Ah I see you liked it! 1mo
BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes Yes! I did! And I think you will too but reviews are very mixed so I am not sure. And if you have a lot other unread books to read, I wouldn‘t put this one on top! 1mo
GatheringBooks Love it! Albania! Nice. 🥰 1mo
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squirrelbrain Glad you liked it! 1mo
Graywacke I liked this one a great too. Nice to see this! 1mo
LeeRHarry Good to hear you liked it. This is one of two on the longlist I have on my shelves. I think what initially drew me to this one was the theme of immigration and that sense of where do you call home. 1mo
kspenmoll Great review! 1mo
youneverarrived Great review. I‘m looking forward to reading it. 1mo
