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	Home Is Not a Country 4.18 avg rating — 5,551 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The January Children by Safia Elhillo (Goodreads Author), Kwame Dawes (Forward) 4.51 avg rating — 884 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“verily everything that is lost will be given a name & will not come back but will live forever”
― Safia Elhillo, The January Children

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“my loneliness grows teeth i feel them chewing my stomach”
― Safia Elhillo, Home Is Not a Country

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“I want him to know I am not lonely, I have ghosts, I have my illnesses, I have a mouthful of half-languages, & blood thick with medications, doctors line up to hear my crooked heart”
― Safia Elhillo, The January Children

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