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“And I think it speaks to how utterly social and community-focused humans are that, even in the age of self-isolation, we view embarrassment--especially public embarrassment--as a low-level form of death.”

Mind boggling how something can be so simple and yet so devastating.

“I think of dreams as glimpses of the afterlife, that we die when we become the self that dreams.”

The contrast between Chiamaka and Zikora’s stories and choices is almost startling, consistent only in their history and the culture driving their choices through conformity or rebellion.

Finally getting moving on this one! The third-person perspective definitely takes a bit of getting used to.

Really not sure where this book is heading but the lyrical nature of Espach’s prose makes it hard to put down in spite of that

The transitions between past and present in third voice make the story so vivid yet so distant - very unique reading experience.

Very unexpected start - can already tell this is either going to be beautiful and redemptive or tear me to shreds.