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How does a girl—abandoned by her mother at age two and orphaned at thirteen when her beloved father dies—find her place in the world? This memoir is the story of Nadia creating her own solid ground across countries and continents. I know the struggle of rebuilding your life in an unfamiliar place. While some of you might be familiar with that and some might not, I hope you’ll take as much inspiration and hope from her story as I did.” —MALALA YOUSAFZAI ​ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2021 SELECTED BY VULTURE, TIME, ESQUIRE, NPR, AND VOGUE! Young Nadia Owusu followed her father, a United Nations official, from Europe to Africa and back again. Just as she and her family settled into a new home, her father would tell them it was time to say their goodbyes. The instability wrought by Nadia’s nomadic childhood was deepened by family secrets and fractures, both lived and inherited. Her Armenian American mother, who abandoned Nadia when she was two, would periodically reappear, only to vanish again. Her father, a Ghanaian, the great hero of her life, died when she was thirteen. After his passing, Nadia’s stepmother weighed her down with a revelation that was either a bombshell secret or a lie, rife with shaming innuendo. With these and other ruptures, Nadia arrived in New York as a young woman feeling stateless, motherless, and uncertain about her future, yet eager to find her own identity. 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It is 1898, and groups of starving Puerto Ricans, los hambrientos, roam the parched countryside and dusty towns begging for food. Under the yoke of Spanish oppression, the Caribbean island is forced to prepare to wage war with the United States. Up in the mountainous coffee region of Utuado, Vicente Vega and Valentina Sanchez labor to keep their small farm from the creditors. When the Spanish-American War and the great San Ciriaco Hurricane of 1899 bring devastating upheaval, the young couple is lured, along with thousands of other puertorriquenos, to the sugar plantations of Hawaii-another US territory-where they are confronted by the hollowness of America's promises of prosperity. 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She has been back to London countless times since, through the pages of books and in person, and now, in Imagined London, she takes her own readers on a tour of this greatest of literary cities.While New York, Paris, and Dublin are also vividly portrayed in fiction, it is London, Quindlen argues, that has always been the star, both because of the primacy of English literature and the specificity of city descriptions. She bases her view of the city on her own detailed literary map, tracking the footsteps of her favorite characters: the places where Evelyn Waugh's bright young things danced until dawn, or where Lydia Bennett eloped with the dastardly Wickham.In Imagined London, Quindlen walks through the city, moving within blocks from the great books of the 19th century to the detective novels of the 20th to the new modernist tradition of the 21st. 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People will be inspired by this book.\" —Ann Curry, Today\"An affectionate, richly allusive tribute to the city.\" —Kirkus Reviews","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx266qjvstwvxs8rfjd2xmnd.jpg?v=c112f88cf9","LrIF0UWZ~poz-:j[%MfkE2axM{ay","3.00",169,[765],{"id":766,"slug":767,"name":768},"01kjqz7rh0fdqmz4w4nydwxcfw","anna-quindlen-qz3s","Anna Quindlen",[770,774,775],{"id":771,"name":772,"slug":773,"is_fiction":18},85,"Travel","travel",{"id":33,"name":34,"slug":35,"is_fiction":18},{"id":37,"name":38,"slug":39,"is_fiction":18},[],{"pace":398,"complexity":7,"audience":212,"mood":778,"themes":779,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[214,753],[],{"id":781,"slug":782,"title":783,"description":784,"primary_cover_url":785,"cover_blurhash":786,"first_publish_year":787,"community_rating_avg":762,"community_rating_count":297,"page_count":788,"authors":789,"genres":794,"series":800,"enrichment":801},"01kx28a6qnt1nyjg27tt7smz68","slave-women-in-caribbean-society-1650-1838-fkzi","Slave Women in Caribbean Society, 1650-1838","In this text the author sets forth and then evaulates the images of slave women accumulated in published sources and folklore.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx28a6r91ccg21v10sm77ff7.jpg?v=bd30174fa4","LHI$$hR*~CR%9ta#ofbIDikVtRWU",1990,212,[790],{"id":791,"slug":792,"name":793},"01kx28a6r2zzfb3ce47s3xqsa5","barbara-bush-62pp","Barbara Bush",[795,796],{"id":37,"name":38,"slug":39,"is_fiction":18},{"id":797,"name":798,"slug":799,"is_fiction":18},83,"Sociology","sociology",[],{"pace":398,"complexity":7,"audience":212,"mood":802,"themes":803,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[215,214],[],{"key":805,"params":806,"works":807},"genre",{"genre":38},[808,832,853,872,895,919],{"id":809,"slug":810,"title":811,"description":812,"primary_cover_url":813,"cover_blurhash":814,"first_publish_year":815,"community_rating_avg":343,"community_rating_count":297,"page_count":816,"authors":817,"genres":822,"series":828,"enrichment":829},"01kx2csp89ft3r9qfts2jv24cc","when-god-was-a-woman-wxps","When God was a Woman","Documents the ancient worship of the great creator Mother Goddess under a diversity of names and details the rewriting of myths, the recasting of rituals and religious doctrines, and the transformation of the Goddess into a wanton, depraved figure by invading patriarchal tribes.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx2csp8pt08gd4yd4335z55m.jpg?v=768b4aef94","LPQm3St7_Nxu%2j[tRj[NHfjV?ax",1978,324,[818],{"id":819,"slug":820,"name":821},"01kx2csp8jt1tzhwph2rnfwa23","merlin-stone-bjp4","Merlin Stone",[823,824],{"id":37,"name":38,"slug":39,"is_fiction":18},{"id":825,"name":826,"slug":827,"is_fiction":19},11,"Mythology","mythology",[],{"pace":209,"complexity":7,"audience":212,"mood":830,"themes":831,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[215,678],[],{"id":833,"slug":834,"title":835,"description":836,"primary_cover_url":837,"cover_blurhash":838,"first_publish_year":839,"community_rating_avg":459,"community_rating_count":297,"page_count":641,"authors":840,"genres":845,"series":849,"enrichment":850},"01kx26t0a3tz8hpv509x3djyp8","the-bielski-brothers-the-true-story-of-three-men-who-defied-the-nazis-built-a-village-in-the-forest-and-saved-1200-jews-y9ga","The Bielski Brothers The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews","In 1941, three brothers witnessed their parents and two other siblings being led away to their eventual murders. It was a grim scene that would, of course, be repeated endlessly throughout the war. Instead of running or giving in to despair, these brothers -- Tuvia, Zus, and Asael Bielski -- fought back, waging a guerrilla war of wits against the Nazis. By using their intimate knowledge of the dense forests surrounding the Belarusan towns of Novogrudek and Lida, the Bielskis evaded the Nazis and established a hidden base camp, then set about convincing other Jews to join their ranks. As more and more Jews arrived each day, a robust community began to emerge, a \"Jerusalem in the woods.\" After two and a half years in the woods, in July 1944, the Bielskis learned that the Germans, overrun by the Red Army, were retreating back toward Berlin. More than one thousand Bielski Jews emerged -- alive -- on that final, triumphant exit from the woods.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx26t0agg1ngvkhhv9yyt2km.jpg?v=9d4bff31dd","L6BWSR1401IB~mEhVuxa02$xShtR",2004,[841],{"id":842,"slug":843,"name":844},"01kqn921tw9va8xzsx6y3tqy1w","peter-duffy-evzb","Peter Duffy",[846,847,848],{"id":392,"name":393,"slug":394,"is_fiction":19},{"id":41,"name":42,"slug":43,"is_fiction":18},{"id":37,"name":38,"slug":39,"is_fiction":18},[],{"pace":249,"complexity":7,"audience":212,"mood":851,"themes":852,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[252,283],[],{"id":854,"slug":855,"title":856,"description":7,"primary_cover_url":857,"cover_blurhash":858,"first_publish_year":859,"community_rating_avg":459,"community_rating_count":297,"page_count":7,"authors":860,"genres":865,"series":868,"enrichment":869},"01kx2cs38jh9peyvvp092mvgcr","secretariats-meadow-the-land-the-family-the-legend-dl56","Secretariats Meadow The Land The Family The Legend","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx2cs392ga7gp1ptshwaatfs.jpg?v=1c208170c2","L9Dj-H100i}r1g=H,?NuJU$$NGEh",2010,[861],{"id":862,"slug":863,"name":864},"01kx2cs38ye18gx0521px6vb28","wayne-dementi-rkd5","Wayne Dementi",[866,867],{"id":41,"name":42,"slug":43,"is_fiction":18},{"id":37,"name":38,"slug":39,"is_fiction":18},[],{"pace":209,"complexity":7,"audience":212,"mood":870,"themes":871,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[283,631],[],{"id":873,"slug":874,"title":875,"description":876,"primary_cover_url":877,"cover_blurhash":878,"first_publish_year":261,"community_rating_avg":343,"community_rating_count":297,"page_count":262,"authors":879,"genres":884,"series":891,"enrichment":892},"01kx25pkaq5f71kzvcg6a68kd0","the-anatomy-of-a-moment-thirty-five-minutes-in-history-and-imagination-ncgl","The Anatomy of a Moment Thirty-five Minutes in History and Imagination","In February 1981, Spain was still emerging from Franco's shadow, holding a democratic vote for the new prime minister. On the day of the vote in Parliament, while the session was being filmed by TV cameras, a band of right-wing soldiers burst in with automatic weapons, ordering everyone to get down. Only three men defied the order. For thirty-five minutes, as the cameras rolled, they stayed in their seats.Critically adored novelist Javier Cercas originally set out to write a novel about this pivotal moment, but determined it had already gained an air of myth, or, through the annual broadcast of video clips, had at least acquired the fictional taint of reality television. Cercas turned to nonfiction, and his vivid descriptions of the archival footage frame a narrative that traverses the line between history and art, creating a daring new account of this watershed moment in modern Spanish history.The Anatomy of a Moment caused a sensation upon its publication in Spain, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. The story will be new to many American readers, but the book stands resolutely on its own as a compelling literary inquest of national myth, personal memory, political spectacle, and reality itself.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx25pkb76xrh29vfj8vdmy9k.jpg?v=d4bc1e6284","L5C=O_TFt5M~0$w{xZIq_r?Dxsf7",[880],{"id":881,"slug":882,"name":883},"01kpp8fzqbh54d1pzthf7rs9ky","javier-cercas-ivrl","Javier Cercas",[885,886,890],{"id":544,"name":545,"slug":546,"is_fiction":19},{"id":887,"name":888,"slug":889,"is_fiction":18},102,"Politics","politics",{"id":37,"name":38,"slug":39,"is_fiction":18},[],{"pace":209,"complexity":7,"audience":212,"mood":893,"themes":894,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[678,753],[],{"id":896,"slug":897,"title":898,"description":899,"primary_cover_url":900,"cover_blurhash":901,"first_publish_year":640,"community_rating_avg":762,"community_rating_count":297,"page_count":667,"authors":902,"genres":907,"series":915,"enrichment":916},"01kx2cgpwcwc4dq2wnavevac6a","black-girlwhite-girl-fkpd","Black Girl\u002FWhite Girl","Remembering Minette Swift, the talented, assertive, 19-year-old African-American girl enrolled as a scholarship student in an exclusive, mostly white liberal arts college near Philadelphia who died under mysterious circumstances fifteen years earlier, Genna, her former roommate, begins an unofficial inquiry into her death. As she reconstructs their tumultuous freshman year at the college in race-torn 1960s Philadelphia, Genna is led also to reconstruct her life as the daughter of a famous \"radical-hippie-lawyer\" of the 1960s","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx2cgpwtxev5yev0y3wkh810.jpg?v=5a0d9c81d9","L8FXhU;0IWw^y=aI$#buJqxBt7jb",[903],{"id":904,"slug":905,"name":906},"01kjqz7rcx57hxmrtgvy1f2bzp","joyce-carol-oates-9utl","Joyce Carol Oates",[908,912,913,914],{"id":909,"name":910,"slug":911,"is_fiction":19},41,"Psychological Thriller","psychological-thriller",{"id":544,"name":545,"slug":546,"is_fiction":19},{"id":383,"name":384,"slug":385,"is_fiction":19},{"id":37,"name":38,"slug":39,"is_fiction":18},[],{"pace":398,"complexity":7,"audience":212,"mood":917,"themes":918,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[364,252],[],{"id":920,"slug":921,"title":922,"description":923,"primary_cover_url":924,"cover_blurhash":925,"first_publish_year":926,"community_rating_avg":762,"community_rating_count":297,"page_count":927,"authors":928,"genres":933,"series":939,"enrichment":940},"01kx26p9x2tr7z6y7fjg1eczxc","the-modernity-of-witchcraft-politics-and-the-occult-in-postcolonial-africa-ayto","The Modernity of Witchcraft Politics and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa","To many Westerners, the disappearance of African traditions of witchcraft might seem inevitable wuth continued modernization. In The Modernity of Witchcraft, Peter Geschieres uses his own experiences among the Maka and in other parts of eastern and southern Cameroon, as well as other anthropological research, to argue that contemporary ideas and practices of witchcraft are more a response to modern exigencies than a lingering cultural custom. The prevalence of witchcraft, especially in African politics and entrepreneurship, demonstrates the unlikely balance it has achieved with the forces of modernity. Geshiere explores why modern techniques and commodities, usually of Western Provenance, have become central in rumors of the occult.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx26p9xjf4zd9788rgc84ngz.jpg?v=368ad55854","L5CPV9?^8wKi0Nt7ozjZ00D%?bV@",1997,311,[929],{"id":930,"slug":931,"name":932},"01kx26p9xdtr875q86dc85wq6r","peter-geschiere-dwaw","Peter Geschiere",[934,935],{"id":37,"name":38,"slug":39,"is_fiction":18},{"id":936,"name":937,"slug":938,"is_fiction":18},106,"Religion","religion",[],{"pace":398,"complexity":7,"audience":212,"mood":941,"themes":942,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[753,364],[],[]]