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While We Were Burning
While We Were Burning | Sara Koffi
3 posts | 2 read | 2 to read
Parasite meets Such a Fun Age in a scorching debut that is as heartbreaking as it is thrilling, examining the intersection of race, class, and female friendship, and the devastating consequences of everyday actions. After her best friend's mysterious death, Elizabeth Smiths picture-perfect life in the Memphis suburbs has spiraled out of controlso much so that she hires a personal assistant to keep her on track. Composed and elegant, Brianna is exactly who she needs and slides so neatly into Elizabeths life, almost like she belonged there from the start. Soon, the assistant Elizabeth hired to distract her from her obsession with her friend's death is the same person working with her to uncover the truth behind it. Because Brianna has questions too. She wants to know why the police killed her young Black son. Why someone in Elizabeths neighborhood called the cops on him that day. Who took that first step that stole her child away from her. And the only way shes ever going to be able to find out is to entwine herself deep into Elizabeths life, where the answers to her questions lie. As the two women hurtle towards an electrifying final showdown, and the lines between employer and friend blur, it becomes clear that neither of them is what they first appear.
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AudiobookingWithLeah
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Mehso-so

3⭐
Despite some issues; I still found it to be engaging at times.
NARRATION by Karissa Vacker, Henriette Zoutomou, & Louisa Zhu was very good, especially Karissa.

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“But how else was she supposed to exist after something like this? She was already in hell. She was already burning alive.” 31

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“But the only thing hanging in the night sky was Patricia” 22