Blood on the Brain by Esinam Bediako Paperback Book

Description: Blood on the Brain by Esinam Bediako An impulsive, madcap, and newly concussed young woman comes of age as she navigates her Ghanaian American identity, her relationships, and the muddled landscape of history, memory, imagination, and delusion.Twenty-four-year-old Akosua is easily knocked off her feet. When she falls and hits her head, shes too preoccupied with her latest dramas to fully absorb the shock. In the span of three months, she has broken up with her boyfriend Wisdom, discovered that her deadbeat dad has moved back to the States from Ghana, and dropped so many classes that she believes shes the only history grad student in the history of grad students to be registered for just one partial-credit class. Instead of facing her problems, Akosua seeks distraction in Daniel, a "good Ghanaian man." But as her head injury worsens, she questions whether she can continue to run away from her father any more than she can keep ignoring her brain and its traumas. Vibrant, funny, and bittersweet, Blood on the Brain is a novel about the complications of family, romance, and culture-and how coming of age can feel like a blow to the head. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Esinam Bediako is a Ghanaian American writer from Detroit. She holds a BA in English from Columbia University, an MFA in Fiction from Sarah Lawrence College, and an MAT in Secondary English from University of Southern California. A finalist for the Porter House Review Editors Prize, the Frontier Global Poetry Prize, and North American Reviews Terry Tempest Williams Prize, Esinam has been a high school English teacher and administrator. Her most important job is editing the masterpieces of her two young sons, who create stories, poems, and videos with enviable speed and imagination. Esinam lives in Claremont, California with her family. Review "Esinam Bediako is remarkably self-assured in this debut novel; its the kind of funny, compassionate book you want your friends to read so you can talk about it with someone else."—Michael Schaub, NPR"[Blood on the Brain] Smartly covers a few weeks of upheaval that push its heroine closer to adulthood."—Kirkus Reviews"Blood on the Brain is full of humor, honesty, and heart. I devoured this refreshing, engrossing look at the rocky road of familial and romantic relationships through the eyes of an unforgettable young woman protagonist. Akosua is my new niece in my head!" —Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies"Bediako is a promising new voice . . . with insight, subtlety, and power, she shows the complexities of race and identity in a voice that is refreshingly honest and accessible to anyone who has ever felt like an outsider. This book throbs with true vulnerability about the human need to belong. Her talent is undeniable; she is a writer to watch . . ." —Taylor Larsen, author of Stranger, Father, Beloved Details ISBN163628180X Author Esinam Bediako Publisher Red Hen Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781636281803 Format Paperback Imprint Red Hen Press Place of Publication Pasadena Country of Publication United States Audience General Pages 248 Publication Date 2024-10-31 US Release Date 2024-10-31 AU Release Date 2025-01-01 DEWEY 813.6 ISBN-10 163628180X UK Release Date 2024-10-31 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:157907893;

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