A Country You Can Leave by Asale Angel-Ajani

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epub | 708.44 KB | English | Isbn:‎ 1039003095 | Author: Asale Angel-Ajani | Year: 2023
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"From page one, A Country You Can Leave is a riveting, exasperating, and deeply heartbreaking tale of mother-daughter strife and resilience." -Xochitl Gonzalez, author of Olga Dies Dreaming
A stunning debut novel following the turbulent relationship of a Black, biracial teen and her ferocious Russian mother, struggling to survive in the California desert.
When sixteen-year-old Lara and her fiery mother, Yevgenia, find themselves homeless again, the misnamed Oasis Mobile Estates is all they can afford. In this new community, where residents are down on their luck but rich in humor and escape plans, Lara navigates what it means to be the Black, biracial daughter of a Russian mother and begins to wonder what a life beyond Yevgenia's orbit-insistence on reading only the right kind of books (Russian), having the right kind of relationships (casual, with lots of sex)-might look like.
Lara knows that something else lies beneath...

Category:Black & African American Literary Fiction, Contemporary Literary Fiction, Psychological Fiction

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