Freshwater: A Novel [B2060]

2018 PB in nice clean condition. A National Book Foundation '5 Under 35' Honoree * Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for a Debut Novel * Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize * A New York Times Notable Book. The astonishing debut novel from the acclaimed bestselling author of The Death of Vivek Oji, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, and Pet.

Freshwater tells the story of Ada, an unusual child who is a source of deep concern to her southern Nigerian family. Young Ada is troubled, prone to violent fits. Born 'with one foot on the other side', she begins to develop separate selves within her as she grows into adulthood. And when she travels to America for college, a traumatic event on campus crystallizes the selves into something powerful and potentially dangerous, making Ada fade into the background of her own mind as these alters-now protective, now hedonistic-move into control. Written with stylistic brilliance and based in the author's realities, Freshwater dazzles with ferocious energy and serpentine grace.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Reading is the best opportunity to widen your horizons, to gain new perspectives and to learn another's truth. Emezi's Freshwater was a hauntingly beautiful read. Where my Western mind immediately wants to diagnose Ada with Dissociative Personality Disorder, Emezi describes the deities that are a part of her. While it was a heavy read, I sped through it. Emezi's debut novel only confirmed my dislike towards our (Western) limited, categorical and inadequate approach to mental disorders."; "Blew my mind! I loved this book, couldn't understand it fully, was lost in the mess of it but reveled in it, and couldn't put it down. It was all these things. It was a hard read, but it ends well."; "Phenomenal. I cannot fully describe the work I have just finished reading. A transformative story. A slow burn and a big bang all at once. Highly recommend."; "Blending magical realism and mental illness exploration made for a unique, valuable story that I liked in many ways."