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Publication
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2021), 208 pages
Description
"Inspired by Mrs. Dalloway and Sula, The Days of Afrekete is a tender, surprising novel about two Philadelphia women at midlife who rediscover themselves-and perhaps each other"--
User reviews
LibraryThing member kayanelson
The story of Lisette and Selena spans many years even though they haven’t kept in touch over the years. There relationship lasted for only 4 months yet somehow they made indelible impressions on each other.
I’m not sure this makes sense. There is the underlying story of Lisette and her husband
And we also don’t know what happens to Selena and Lisette at the end either. Maybe we can imagine?
I’m not sure this makes sense. There is the underlying story of Lisette and her husband
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and his potentially nefarious political career. We don’t know what happens with all of that at the end of the book.And we also don’t know what happens to Selena and Lisette at the end either. Maybe we can imagine?
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LibraryThing member phyllis.shepherd
I felt that the story of Lisette and Selena was unnecessarily truncated. The story lines just felt incomplete, not only at the end of the book, but throughout. The writing was good, but I wanted a bit more development.
LibraryThing member bookczuk
2022 pandemic read. Local author, local setting. My reading goal for 2022 is to try to read more books either by people who don’t look and/or live like me, or are about people who don’t live/look like me. Glad to have found and read this one. In parts, it took me back to people and places I’d
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long forgotten. This book is many things, but ultimately, I came away thinking of it as a love story. Show Less
LibraryThing member bookwyrmm
Normally I prefer a little more plot, but this was a wonderful character-driven novel that leaves you pondering.
LibraryThing member ccayne
A slim character study of Selena, past and present. Set at a dinner for her husband who has just lost a political campaign, Selena fears the knock on the door of the FBI related to her husband's campaign. This fear and uncertainty causes Selena to look at her life since her marriage and to recall
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an intense relationship with a woman when she was in college. Well written and character driven. Show Less
Language
Original language
English