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Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

5 narrators. 2 mothers. 2 daughters. The father.

This novel is about women’s traumas and how they affect the following generation(s). But daughters also have hidden traumas—mothers blame themselves for things that are actually not entirely their fault.

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