The Nickel Boys is a book by Colson Whitehead. It starts at the ending, 50 years later, with an unmarked grave, full of bones, on the north side of Boot Hill. We must go back in time to find out the story.
Category: Personal
In Dominicana, Angie Cruz weaves a story from Dominican Republic to New York. It’s a story of family, immigration, ambition, identity.
Honor by Elif Shafak is a multi-generational story of a Turkish-Kurdish family. In this book, Shafak explores the concept of honor in different cultural contexts. The story takes place in Turkey, Gaza, Kurdistan, England, and UAE.
The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali is primarily a love story. We first meet Roya as an old lady living in the US, about to meet an old friend. It’s clear that there is much more to the story, but we need to go back in time to 1950s and earlier in Iran to find out the tale.