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thesapphiccelticbookworm's Reviews (2.04k)
Graphic: Confinement, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy
Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship
Graphic: Xenophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy
Moderate: Violence, War
Minor: Antisemitism
Graphic: Dementia
Moderate: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Murder, Abandonment
Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Suicide
Aged 17 Nani loses her older sister, Udodi and shortly after her father.
The resulting grief leads her to find comfort with a preacher man, but she soon finds herself trapped in an abusive marriage.
This is a heart-breaking novel with gorgeous prose.
This is a story about finding strength and hope even in the darkest places.
Looking forward to reading more of Unigwe's work.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Homophobia
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Colonisation
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery
Minor: Pregnancy, War
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content
Minor: Grief
Minor: Genocide, Colonisation
Moderate: Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Drug use
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content
Minor: Racism, Car accident
In 1938, London Evelyn dreams of becoming a singer. She flees to Singapore to escape an arranged marriage. There she meets a doctor, Joan. They are quickly drawn to each other and build a life together.
However, everything changes when the Japanese army invade. Joan refuses to leave her patients, but tells Evelyn to flee to Australia. Things don't go according to plan however and she finds herself in a POW camp.
This is a story of survival and love against all the odds.
I loved the setting. It's not a part of the world seen much in WWII historical fiction.
My only critique is that some plots and characters weren't developed further, or simply abandoned all together.
Graphic: Confinement, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Murder, War
Moderate: Medical content, Outing, Colonisation