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Both a recounting of trauma and its impacts, as well as a retelling of a Nigerian fable. The main character's multiple experiences of trauma are retold and the author unflinchingly explores how they are impacted (e.g., self-harm, dissociation). The character's psychology is viewed through a non-Western lens.
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17 editions · 7 languages- Audiobook · English · 2021Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing · 1 pages · 9781665139694
- Audiobook · English · 2018Freshwater Lib/EHighBridge Audio · 9781665139670
- Audiobook · English · 2018HighBridge Audio · 9781684410408
- Other · English · 2019Faber & Faber, Limited · 240 pages · 9780571345403
- Other · English · 2018Kachifo Limited · 252 pages · 9789785559712
- Other · English · 2018Grove Press · 240 pages · 9780802165565
WomenNon-binary peopletraumaIdentity (Psychology)FictionFiction, biographicalNigeria, fictionFiction, women