Bibliograph

Lucky girl, a novel, Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu

Type

Label

Lucky girl, a novel, Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Lucky girl

Oclc number

1337154879

Responsibility statement

Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"Soila is a lucky girl by anyone's estimation. Raised by her stern, conservative mother and a chorus of aunts, she has lived a life of privilege in Nairobi. Soila is headstrong and outspoken, and she chafes against her mother's strict rules. After a harrowing assault by a trusted family friend, she flees to New York for college, vowing never to return home. New York is not what she imagined it would be. Instead of a golden land of opportunity, Soila finds herself shocked by the entitlement of her wealthy American classmates and the poverty she sees in the streets. She befriends a Black American girl at school and witnesses the acts of racism her friend endures, forcing Soila to acknowledge the legacy of slavery and the blind spots afforded by the privilege of her Kenyan upbringing. When she falls in love with a free-spirited artist, a man her mother would never approve of, she must decide whether to honor her Kenyan identity and what she owes to her family, or to follow her heart and forge a life of her own design"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification