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By: Akwaeke Emezi
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Ada was born with one foot on the other side. Having prayed her into existence, her parents Saul and Saachi struggle to deal with the volatile and contradictory spirits peopling their troubled girl. When Ada comes of age and heads to college, the entities within her grow in power and agency. An assault leads to a crystallization of her selves: Asughara and Saint Vincent. As Ada fades into the background of her own mind and these selves - now protective, now hedonistic - seize control of Ada, her life spirals in a dark and dangerous direction. Narrated from the perspectives of the various selves within Ada, and based in the author’s realities, Freshwater explores the metaphysics of identity and being.©2018 Akwaeke Emezi (P)2018 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Art & Literature Authors Contemporary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Literary History & Criticism United States World Literature
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Have read this twice and now listened on Audible, and I love it more each time. Beautiful and challenging.

Wonderful

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This is an intriguing read, and I have to admit I struggled to follow what was happening as I’m not familiar with the concept of the ogbanje. The writing is rich enough that I was happy to listen and let it wash over me when I wasn’t quite following it. A difficult but rewarding read.

Fascinating read

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I thoroughly enjoyed this piece of ambrosia...as an Igbo woman, I salute the story and the "other" perspective it offered. I felt like I'd listened to 5 hours of high quality poetry. This writer has a very illustrious future ahead of her; watch this space! Well done Akwaeze!

Wow!

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Finished this one in one go. Goes against my beliefs but happy to ready a different take on what seems like real life experience for the author?

Good read

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This book is incredible in every way. The mood it maintains, the imagery of the mind it creates is fantastic. It's fiction with so much real life relatability. It's beyond creative. Just listen. Go buy and listen.

Mindblowing seems a little on the nose..

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