Aftershocks : a memoir
(Book)
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Adult Nonfiction - South Wing Main Floor
921 Owusu
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921 Owusu
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiii, 299 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes reading group guide.
Description
"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. What followed, however, were periods of depression in which she struggled to hold herself and her siblings together."--,Provided by publisher
Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Emigration and immigration.
Fathers and daughters.
Owusu, Nadia, -- 1981-
Racially mixed people -- Race identity -- United States.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography.
Racially mixed women -- Race identity -- United States.
Racially mixed women -- United States -- Biography.
United Nations -- Officials and employees.
Biographies.
Emigration and immigration.
Fathers and daughters.
Owusu, Nadia, -- 1981-
Racially mixed people -- Race identity -- United States.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography.
Racially mixed women -- Race identity -- United States.
Racially mixed women -- United States -- Biography.
United Nations -- Officials and employees.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Owusu, N. (2021). Aftershocks: a memoir (First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Owusu, Nadia, 1981-. 2021. Aftershocks: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Owusu, Nadia, 1981-. Aftershocks: A Memoir Simon & Schuster, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Owusu, Nadia. Aftershocks: A Memoir First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition., Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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