Aftershocks: A Memoir

"This moving nonlinear memoir explores Nadia Owusu’s many lives – as privileged child of a U.N. employee, world traveler, bereft daughter, caretaker to her siblings, boarding school student, serial job applicant, writer – and the cracks and fault lines running through them. One of her main themes is storytelling, which she sees as the way we understand ourselves, others and the worlds we live in; any story that is too simple or that holds no contradictions is suspect, for that means it lacks the nuance necessary for a deeper understanding. Aftershocks is a marvel of narrative agility."