First of all, after reading these stories, the cover adds so much to the content; these stories include women from all economic and educational backgrounds, including professionals. While reading, I could picture these women telling me their stories as if the events and situations actually happened.
These stories are emotionally raw and honest reveals of the experiences of being an immigrant to the United States. Each story gave me new insight and placed me right with the point of view characters. This book showed me discriminations that I never considered before reading it. I laughed, cried, gasped, and became angry at the situations these women faced.
I'm impressed that this is a debut book and think this author's writing is rich in detail, bringing in all the senses and emotions in natural ways. I've never traveled the Africa, but this novelist gave me tremendous insights into the culture, peoples, and food. Each story is so different, revealing the depth of writing talent. The characters are so well developed that they could star in their own stand alone novels.
These stories are emotionally raw and honest reveals of the experiences of being an immigrant to the United States. Each story gave me new insight and placed me right with the point of view characters. This book showed me discriminations that I never considered before reading it. I laughed, cried, gasped, and became angry at the situations these women faced.
I'm impressed that this is a debut book and think this author's writing is rich in detail, bringing in all the senses and emotions in natural ways. I've never traveled the Africa, but this novelist gave me tremendous insights into the culture, peoples, and food. Each story is so different, revealing the depth of writing talent. The characters are so well developed that they could star in their own stand alone novels.