Book Review
“Poignant, tender, and surprisingly humorous all at once, The Son of Good Fortune is a coming-of-age story that reflects on the often untold Filipinx immigrant experience shared by both Excel and his mother Maxima.” On the blog, Noreen Ocampo reviews Lysley Tenorio’s The Son of Good Fortune (Ecco, 2020).
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“Say Mother, Say Hand, is not quite an anti-memoir, but it’s not a traditional memoir, either. It is a visually alive, painful deconstructed recollection of Conlan’s life and the lives of her mother and grandmother… it explores her legacy of deeply flawed women who were, themselves, learning how to survive in a world that often seemed out to punish them.” Sophie Allen and Sarah Feng review Marie Conlan’s Say Mother, Say Hand (Half-Mystic Press, 2020).
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“Above all else, Frying Plantain is a coming-of-age story in which Reid-Benta carefully unfolds an abundance of themes, such as growth, connection, belonging and the lack thereof, that will undoubtedly hit home for readers of all backgrounds.” On the blog, Noreen Ocampo reviews Zalika Reid-Benta’s Frying Plantain (House of Anansi Press, 2019).
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“Downing has constructed a world in which the role we occupy in other people’s minds and hearts is not only predetermined but actively stifling and painful.” Sophie Allen and Sarah Feng review Sammie Downing’s The Family That Carried Their House on Their Backs (Half-Mystic Press, 2019).
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