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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated All The Good Things in Books

Jul 25, 2017  
All The Good Things
All The Good Things
Clare Fisher | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Profoundly moving look at the social and prison system through the eyes of a troubled young girl
An extremely moving, emotional rollercoaster of a debut novel about circumstances and consequences. Clare Fisher has done a superb job in writing about how poverty and lack of support can have a devastating impact on a person's life. The story slowly unfolds to reveal how the protagonist ultimately ends up in prison through various tragic experiences and desperate situations that she finds herself trapped within. It seems apparent that she's as much a victim in many ways despite being incarcerated.

Keep the tissues at hand, this empathetic beautiful story will have you bawling your eyes out.
  
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Booksnthreads (19 KP) rated Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood in Books

Jun 14, 2018  
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah | 2017 | Biography
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9.2 (16 Ratings)
Book Rating
As a white, middle class American, most of my education about colonialism and the resulting systemic and institutionalized racism and poverty have come from my own efforts to broaden my understanding. The more I learn, the more I am appalled not only by the realities themselves but also by the huge missing gap in my American education.

Trevor Noah's Born a Crime provides incredible insight into apartheid in South Africa as well as it's lasting effect, even after it "ended." I was already a bit of a fan of Noah's humor and political commentary, and his memoir is not a disappointment. He tackles big issues with a sense of humor that does not in any way minimize those issues.