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The days of Afrekete : a novel

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  • Running Time: 05:33 hrs
    Narrator: Karen Chilton
    Publisher:
    Random House Audio, 2021
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Running Time: 05:33 hrs
    Narrator: Karen Chilton
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2023
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Solomon, Asali
    Contributor: Chilton, Karen
    Edition: Unabridged
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    2021
    Summary:

    Inspired by Mrs. Dalloway  and  Sula, The Days of Afrekete  is a tender, surprising novel of two women at midlife who rediscover themselves-and perhaps each other. Liselle Belmont is having a dinner party. It seems a strange occasion-her husband, Winn, has lost his bid for the state legislature and they're having the key supporters over to thank them for their work. Liselle was never sure about Winn becoming a politician, never sure about the limelight, about the life of fundraising and stump speeches. Now that it's over she is facing new questions: Who are they to each other, after all this? How much of herself has she lost on the way-and was it worth it? Just before the night begins, she hears from an FBI agent, who claims that Winn is corrupt. Is it possible? How will she make it through this dinner party? Across town, Selena is making her way through the same day, the same way she always does-one foot in front of the other, keeping quiet and focused, trying not to see the terrors all around her. Homelessness, starving children, the very living horrors of history that made America possible: these and other thoughts have made it difficult for her to live a normal life. The only time she was ever really happy was with Liselle back in college. But they've lost touch, so much so that when they run into each other at a drugstore just after Obama is elected president, they barely speak. But as the day wears on, Selena's memories of Liselle begin to shift her path. Asali Solomon's The Days of Afrekete  is a deft, expertly layered, naturally funny, and deeply human examination of two women coming back to themselves at midlife. It is a celebration of our choices and where they take us, the people who change us, and how we can reimagine ourselves even when our lives seem set.

    Original Publisher: New York, Random House Audio
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780593503928