Riot Baby
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3 Months Free
Riot Baby
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Narrated by:
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Tochi Onyebuchi
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By:
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Tochi Onyebuchi
Ella has a Thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. A neighbor's son murdered in a drive-by shooting. Things that haven't happened yet. Kev, born while Los Angeles burned around them, wants to protect his sister from a power that could destroy her. But when Kev is incarcerated, Ella must decide what it means to watch her brother suffer while holding the ability to wreck cities in her hands.
Rooted in the hope that can live in anger, Riot Baby is as much an intimate family story as a global dystopian narrative. It burns fearlessly toward revolution and has quietly devastating things to say about love, fury, and the black American experience.
Ella and Kev are both shockingly human and immeasurably powerful. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by racism. Their futures might alter the world.
©2020 Tochi Onyebuchi (P)2020 Blackstone PublishingDeals with some extremely heavy themes and the non linear narrative might put some people off but I really enjoyed it.
Author performances can be hit or miss but this one mostly hit for me. Characters don't get hugely unique voices so you will have to pay attention to who is speaking.
Excellent literary sci-fi/magical realism
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