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02910aam a22004458i 4500 001 8D42140417D411EEB984481F40ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230701010016 008 230106t20232023ncu 000 f eng 010 $a 2023000710 020 $a 1643752847 020 $a 9781643752846 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR9379.9.M39 $b N54 2023 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20230106 100 1 $a Medie, Peace A., $e author. 245 10 $a Nightbloom : $b a novel / $c by Peace Adzo Medie. 246 3 $a Night bloom. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2306. 264 1 $a Chapel Hill, North Carolina : $b Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, $c 2023. 300 $a 345 pages ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "When Selasi and Akorfa were young girls, they were more than just cousins; they were inseparable confidantes. Then Selasi begins to change, becoming hostile and quiet and losing interest in everything. The two become estranged, and it will be years before Akorfa learns what has happened. Only a crisis can ultimately bring them back together"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a When Selasi and Akorfa were young girls in Ghana, they were more than just cousins; they were inseparable. Selasi was exuberant and funny, Akorfa quiet and studious. They would do anything for each other, imploring their parents to let them be together, sharing their secrets and desires and private jokes. Then Selasi begins to change, becoming hostile and quiet; her grades suffer and she builds a space around herself, shutting Akorfa out. Meanwhile, Akorfa is accepted to an American university with the goal of becoming a doctor. Although hopeful that she can create a fuller life as a woman in America, she discovers the insidious ways that racism places obstacles in her path once she leaves Ghana. It takes a crisis to bring the friends back together, with Selasi's secret revealed and Akorfa forced to reckon with her role in their estrangement. A riveting depiction of class and family in Ghana, a compelling exploration of memory, and an eye-opening story of life as an African-born woman in the United States, Nightbloom is above all a gripping and beautifully written novel attesting to the strength of female bonds in the face of societies that would prefer to silence women. 650 0 $a Cousins $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Racism $v Fiction. 650 0 $a African American women $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Domestic fiction. 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 7 952 $l CIPB482 $d 20231018010622.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012014339.0 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20230915010934.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230902011042.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230802012812.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230704012248.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230701010030.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8D42140417D411EEB984481F40ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search