Join us to discuss "Nightbloom" by Peace A . Medie.
\nWhen Selasi and Akorfa were young girls in Ghana\, they w ere more than just cousins\; they were inseparable. Selasi was exuberant a nd funny\, Akorfa quiet and studious. They would do anything for each othe r\, imploring their parents to let them be together\, sharing their secret s and desires and private jokes. Then Selasi begins to change\, becoming h ostile and quiet\; her grades suffer and she builds a space around herself \, shutting Akorfa out. Meanwhile\, Akorfa is accepted to an American univ ersity with the goal of becoming a doctor. Although hopeful that she can c reate a fuller life as a woman in America\, she discovers the insidious wa ys that racism places obstacles in her path once she leaves Ghana. It take s a crisis to bring the friends back together\, with Selasi's secret revea led and Akorfa forced to reckon with her role in their estrangement.
\nA riveting depiction of class and family in Ghana\, a compelling explor
ation of memory\, and an eye-opening story of life as an African-born woma
n in the United States\, Nightbloom is above all a gripping and beautifull
y written novel attesting to the strength of female bonds in the face of s
ocieties that would prefer to silence women.
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