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KarenUK
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A fun read. A podcaster returns to teach a class, at the fancy boarding school of her childhood where she was an outsider and her once roommate was murdered. Reads like a mystery, layered with interesting takes on the #metoo movement and grooming, collective memory, race and privilege, the exploitative nature of true crime, wrongful imprisonment and so much more. Sharp and nuanced, I found the ending unsatisfying but all the more realistic for it.

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Singout
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Beautiful and heartbreaking: not for those sensitive to abuse. Multiple Barbadians in this lyrical novel have endured physical and sexual abuse as well as colonialism, and are trying to survive and protect their loved ones and their futures. The main character is a strong young woman whose goal is to protect her baby while navigating multiple complex and painful relationships.
#ReadingTheAmericas2023 #Barbados
#Booked2023 #TwoTimePeriods

Chelsea.Poole Loved this one. 1y
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