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Call Number: Fiction / Onuzo, Chibundu, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Onuzo, Chibundu
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Onuzo, Chibundu	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Onuzo, Chibundu	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Onuzo, Chibundu	4-week checkout	Due 05-18-2024

A funny, gripping and surprising story of a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo. Anna grew up in England with her white mother and knowing very little about her African father. In middle age, after separating from her husband and with her daughter all grown up, she finds herself alone and wondering who she really is. Her mother's death leads her to find her father's student diaries, chronicling his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London. She discovers that he eventually became the president - some would say the dictator - of Bamana in West Africa. She also discovers that he is still alive. She decides to track him down and so begins a funny, painful, fascinating journey, and an exploration of race, identity and what we pass on to our children.

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Adult coming-of-age story submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on August 5, 2022, 11:08pm It strikes me that this is an adult coming-of-age story, and I really like that about it. Anna is at a change point in her life, and she discovers something about who she is by learning where she comes from, and that guides her in figuring out who she wants to be. There is great interplay among the various people in her life (mostly family members in new and old roles, but also some acquaintances who hold value). Anna learns where she can be pushed and where she has strength, and those answers are surprising. Overall, a delightful book that I was pleased to reach for again and again.