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message 1: by Odette (last edited Mar 10, 2020 01:58PM) (new)

Dec 27, 2019 07:51PM

Ukraine: Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Dominica: ~~Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys~~ (Read March 2020)
Tuvalu: The Rising Tide by Tom Bamforth
Armenia: An Armenian Sketchbook by Vasily Grossman
Croatia: Girl at War by Sara Nović
Somalia: The Orchard of Lost Souls by Nadifa Mohamed
Mongolia: The Tiger Queens: The Women of Genghis Khan by Stephanie Thornton
Gambia: ~~Swing Time by Zadie Smith~~ Read March 2020

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message 2: by Odette (last edited Mar 04, 2020 10:52PM) (new)

Mar 04, 2020 10:43PM

Gambia - Swing Time by Zadie Smith
Set between London and a country in West Africa, which is no doubt Gambia due to place names. Told in multiple time lines, between the two countries it is the story of two girls who grew up in 1980s London.

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message 3: by Odette (new)

Mar 21, 2020 08:19PM

Dominica - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

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