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Fault Lines: A Memoir (The Cross-Cultural Memoir Series) by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Meena Alexander

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ramonaleanna's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Bits of this were challenging for me because of how poetic her prose is - its not a genre I'm usually into - but that's part of what I appreciated about it so much. It was so uniquely her, style and structure-wise, that it felt refreshing to read while giving me a lot to consider about language, identity, gender, culture, I could go on. A lot of people have written about these things but she did it in a way that didn't feel redundant, and was personal yet inclusive.

perenian's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Sent me into an identity crisis.

imiji's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

a crystalline, powerfully reflective memoir that was clearly written by a perceptive poet attentive to structures of power. there is so much to find in this book, and i think i will come back to find more of it.

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