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JulietteReadsALot
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Mehso-so

3/5
Very well-written autobiography about her childhood spent in Africa (Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi). Her sensory descriptions are excellent. However, despite of all that, I wasn't taken by it. I wasn't interested... I guess I would have preferred more in-depth introspection.

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AnneCecilie
The Book of Not | Tsitsi Dangarembga
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Pickpick

The 2nd book about Tambu and it‘s her 2nd year at Young Ladies‘s College of the Sacred Heart. We follow her through school and a few years after, with a civil war in the background and later The New Zimbabwe. Is the new Zimbabwe any different than the old one when it comes to Tambu‘s opportunities?

A book about colonialism, about how it‘s easier being a European to succeed and women‘s opportunities

I‘m ready for the 3rd book about Tambu

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AnneCecilie
Nervous Conditions | Tsitsi Dangarembga
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Pickpick

1968 on the countryside in Zimbabwe, and Tambu grows up on her family‘s farm where women are responsible for the garden, the food and the kids. This year her brother dies, and suddenly a new opportunity opens up for her - attending the missionary school

A book about race, class, the different expectations between the sexes, hierarchy inside a family and friendship.

I loved this so much that I‘m already on the hold list for the next book

Ruthiella I loved this book too! 👍 10mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 10mo
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lazydaizee
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These stories will take you right out of your comfort zone. Please click on the link to read my review.
https://hubpages.com/literature/new-books-for
#fiction
#newbooks
#zimbabwe
#britain

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AnneCecilie
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms | Katherine Rundell
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Pickpick

I found this book as I was searching my library‘s page for this author‘s latest book, Impossible Creatures. I fell in love with the cover and knew nothing of what it was about.

Very different from Impossible Creatures. We follow Wilhelmina, Will, as she lives with her dad in a farm in Africa. A perfect life in her eyes. After her father‘s death, thing changes on the farm and she‘s sent to boarding school in England.

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GinaKButler
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Up next: using this for Africa in my Memoir Around The World Challenge. It‘s also my November #bookspin pick!

#bookspinbingo
#unreadbookshelf
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1y
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Tove_Reads
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About to start reading the tagged for book club next week. Still in a bit of a slump 🤷🏼😳 At least the dogs are having a blast 😊

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Ruthiella
Nervous Conditions | Tsitsi Dangarembga
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It‘s still Tuesday here (barely)!😂 Better late than never. Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView . 😊

1. The tagged book was probably my favorite book read this month.

2. I love a good “coming of age” novel and I particularly appreciated the female perspective from a country and culture not my own.

#Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView Anytime works. Thanks for playing 2y
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DivineDiana
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A heartwarming true story about a young African man who wanted an education, and the friendship he developed with an American girl. The friendship began with a school pen pal program and continues today. #bookbinge #immigrantmc

Eggs I loved this book🙌🏻🙌🏻 2y
DivineDiana @Eggs So did I! ❤️ 2y
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