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Reviewed on October 1, 2022 | Reading The World
In this richly observed historical, Italian Somali novelist Scego (Adua) blends the real lives of activist Sarah Parker Remond and sculptor Edmonia Lewis—Black American women living in late-1800s Rome—to create a wholly original character in artist Lafanu Brown. Of Haitian Chippewa descent, Lafanu is taken from her family by the self-aggrandizing Bathsheba MacKenzie, whose plans to educ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
