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02342aam a22003978i 4500 001 5309BC78F9F811EDB1C0740753ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230524010041 008 220725s2023 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2022022123 020 $a 0593133900 020 $a 9780593133903 035 $a (OCoLC)1337154879 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCF $d BDX $d ORX $d JCX $d JIU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 100 1 $a Muchemi-Ndiritu, Irene. 245 10 $a Lucky girl / $c Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu. 264 1 $a New York : $b The Dial Press, $c [2023] 300 $a 324 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "Soila is a lucky girl by anyone's estimation. Raised by her stern, conservative mother and a chorus of aunts, she has lived a life of privilege in Nairobi. Soila is headstrong and outspoken, and she chafes against her mother's strict rules. After a harrowing assault by a trusted family friend, she flees to New York for college, vowing never to return home. New York is not what she imagined it would be. Instead of a golden land of opportunity, Soila finds herself shocked by the entitlement of her wealthy American classmates and the poverty she sees in the streets. She befriends a Black American girl at school and witnesses the acts of racism her friend endures, forcing Soila to acknowledge the legacy of slavery and the blind spots afforded by the privilege of her Kenyan upbringing. When she falls in love with a free-spirited artist, a man her mother would never approve of, she must decide whether to honor her Kenyan identity and what she owes to her family, or to follow her heart and forge a life of her own design"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Nairobi (Kenya) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Young adults, Black $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women, Black $x Violence against $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Group identity $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Racism $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Fiction. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Bildungsromans. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517010406.0 952 $l CIPB482 $d 20240116010323.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011657.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230621011237.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230524010401.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5309BC78F9F811EDB1C0740753ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search