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All Our Names | Dinaw Mengestu
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From acclaimed author Dinaw Mengestu, a recipient of the National Book Foundation�s 5 Under 35 award, The New Yorker�s 20 Under 40 award, and a 2012 MacArthur Foundation genius grant, comes an unforgettable love story about a searing (…more)
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ElectricKatyLand
All Our Names | Dinaw Mengestu
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Wow. I listened to this as an audiobook. Very powerful dual-narrated story about civil war in Uganda, post-colonialism, and the small town US Midwest in the 60s.

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Alicia
All Our Names | Dinaw Mengestu
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Well you guys I haven't bought a book in forever (okay except on my mini-vacation I did go to the Tattered Cover in Denver). But these were literally $1 at the Dollar Tree. $1!!! Can you believe it?!

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Alicia @Notafraidofwords that's the only one I hadn't really heard of! Glad you liked it 8y
Alicia @AbstractMonica that one has been on my TBR forever! Can't wait to read it 8y
saguarosally I haven't bought a book in 30 seconds. 8y
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mhippo
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There's a dreamlike quality to this story, and something about that seems to capture both the disorientation of extreme political violence and the innocence of those who find themselves surrounded by it. I had a visceral dislike for the social worker character, maybe because her escapist, objectifying tendencies felt a little too real. Overall a great, important story and I'm glad I stuck with it till the end.

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mhippo
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Been giving this another go, and enjoying it more than I expected. There are some great moments that reveal a lot of complexity... Glad I tried again (on a day when not so easily triggered by racial tropes, I guess).

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mhippo
All Our Names | Dinaw Mengestu
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Reading for a book group. Not sure where this is going- maybe I'm not in a good space for a potential white-savior social worker narrative tonight (or ever)... I'm more than skeptical. Anyone else read this?

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