What a stunning tribute to the power and importance of books! Glory Edim wrote an intellectual, spirited ode to books in this memoir that had me experiencing all the feels. As the daughter of immigrants, so much of what Ms. Edim said brought back a flood of memories from my own childhood, allowing me to recall the power of books in my own life and how they offered me a means me to rise above the difficulties of growing up as "other".
"๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐
, ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐."
There are so many more worthy quotes in this book, and the storytelling is magnificent. Ms. Edim certainly learned the art of storytelling from her father. I was absolutely hooked from the first page!
For a stunner of a memoir that is so relevant today, look no further!
My gratitude goes out to partners, Penguin Random House & NetGalley, for this gifted review copy.
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Read 10/29/24