Disclaimer: I received an arc of this book during a book festival. Thanks @yatllive and @harpercollins! All opinions are my own.

Book: When You Ask Me Where I'm Going

Author: Jasmin Kaur

Book Series: Standalone

Rating: 4/5

Publication Date: October 1, 2019

Publisher: HarperCollins

Pages: 256

Recommended Age: 17+ (TW mental health, TW sexual assault, some violence, some mature content)

Synopsis: scream
so that one day
a hundred years from now
another sister will not have to
dry her tears wondering
where in history
she lost her voice

The six sections of the book explore what it means to be a young woman living in a world that doesn’t always hear her and tell the story of Kiran as she flees a history of trauma and raises her daughter, Sahaara, while living undocumented in North America.

Delving into current cultural conversations including sexual assault, mental health, feminism, and immigration, this narrative of resilience, healing, empowerment, and love will galvanize readers to fight for what is right in their world.

Review: See, this is why I'm angry. There are books like this where the author touches beautifully on social issues like sexual assault, mental health, immigration, etc. And they don't get the notarity. It's only those who want to sensationalize it who get the fame, such as someone who's book is on Oprah's book choice recently. Anyways, this book was beautiful. It's broken into 6 sections that weave a gorgeous but painful tale through poetry.

My only issue with the book is that it can be really hard to read in some sections and, again, poetry isn't my forte.

Verdict: Overall? I definitely recommend this one.