Jessica George’s debut novel, Maame (10 hours), explores the complexities of immigrant households by way of the story of Maddie, who lives in London together with her Ghanaian household and seeks to stability accountability and self-discovery. Maddie is her father’s main caretaker whereas her mom spends most of the yr in Ghana. At work, Maddie offers with an not possible boss and an surroundings the place she is constantly the one Black individual within the room.
Maame grapples with cultural contradictions, familial expectations, xenophobia and racism whereas exploring the ability to be present in kinship and pleasure. In the audiobook, George’s delightfully delicate command of language is enlivened by visible artist and actor Heather Agyepong’s good narration, which brings the characters to life with nuanced voices that reveal not solely variations in Ghanaian and British accents but additionally emotional worlds. Agyepong animates the gap and want for closeness in these relationships, permitting listeners to really feel the total scope of familial bonds in diaspora.
Together, George’s phrases and Agyepong’s voice encourage listeners to strategy Maame with openness, and as they soften into this difficult world, they are going to uncover a riveting story.
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