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rockpools
That Reminds Me | Derek Owusu
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I should have read this in print - not that the audio wasn‘t excellent, but it deserved my complete attention.

This is the story-in-poems of K, a black boy growing up in Britain, from foster care, through school and into adulthood, where a bipolar diagnosis and mental health issues become increasingly important. As a content warning, the ending resources list gives links to The Samaritans and Self Harm UK.

This is a powerful book - it‘s 👇🏻

rockpools beautifully observed and covers so much ground in one young man‘s life. The format makes it quite unique- to me it reads as individual poems, rather than a novel-in-verse, but they build to create such a strong picture of K‘s life. The author has described his story as 20% autobiographical, 80% fiction.

Thank you to #NetGalley and #MerkyBooks for an advance readers copy of this - I‘m glad to have read it, and will look out the print version.
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TrishB Great review Rachel. This sounds fab ♥️ 3y
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rockpools @TrishB I think you‘d like this one. I also think I‘m going to spend March reading books by/about delightfully care-free women! (Yeah, right!) 3y
TrishB It‘s payday tomorrow and I have a 650 tax rebate to spend! I may be buying some books and this has really caught my eye now! 3y
TrishB Good luck for March 😁 3y
squirrelbrain Great review - sounds like a wonderful book! 3y
rockpools @TrishB Well that sounds perfect! Also, is it payday tomorrow? I‘ve not got the hang of it yet - it‘s still a delightful surprise to find money lands in my account at the end of the month without me having to send out stroppy ‘Reminder‘ emails! 3y
rockpools @squirrelbrain Thanks Helen. I‘m going to give AHH another go now - still only half way through! 3y
TrishB It‘s definitely payday 😁😁 3y
Cinfhen Sounds great!!! But I‘m not a fan of this new blending of fact & fiction / it muddles things for me 3y
rockpools @Cinfhen I don‘t mind it too much - but I think I understand where you‘re coming from. If you can‘t separate the author from their character, I find it really hard to imagine them writing other books without that same character. And it makes books like Ocean Vuong‘s even more uncomfortable and disturbing. 3y
Cinfhen Yes, I‘m always curious what they will write next 3y
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