Blood on the Brain

"Akosua, a 24-year-old Ghanaian American woman living in New York, is already having a tough time – she has gone through a breakup and is flailing as a graduate student – when she slips in the shower and sustains a serious head injury. The concussion throws her for a loop but also leads her to reexamine her life, relationships and cultural identity. Esinam Bediako is remarkably self-assured in this debut novel; it’s the kind of funny, compassionate book you want your friends to read so you can talk about it with someone else."