This was such an interesting book and I loved it all! I loved how a culture was created from a time in history where cultures were destroyed by those who stole many away from their homes. Yetu is the Historian, the one who was called upon to Remember the memories of her people, to help them retain their culture, and who they are. But this only happens once a year, for the rest of it, Yetu is required to hold all the Rememberings and it's eating away at her mind.
But at this most recent Remembering, Yetu flees and leaves her people to be trapped in the memories of their ancestors. She is flung far and wide and becomes trapped in a small pool of water where she finds out more about her people, her life, and what it means to remember; not only for herself, but for her people as well.
This was an awesome book and one that I was really excited to be read as soon as it came out. I also like how it's a story that is told through the several lenses, not just the from the story, but the music that inspired it and the thought of a race of people born of slave women thrown overboard.
But at this most recent Remembering, Yetu flees and leaves her people to be trapped in the memories of their ancestors. She is flung far and wide and becomes trapped in a small pool of water where she finds out more about her people, her life, and what it means to remember; not only for herself, but for her people as well.
This was an awesome book and one that I was really excited to be read as soon as it came out. I also like how it's a story that is told through the several lenses, not just the from the story, but the music that inspired it and the thought of a race of people born of slave women thrown overboard.