Maame: A Today Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick
Smart, funny, and deeply affecting, Jessica George's Maame deals with the themes of our time with humor and poignancy: from familial duty and racism, to female pleasure, the complexity of love, and the life-saving power of friendship. Most important, it explores what it feels like to be torn between two homes and cultures―and it celebrates finally being able to find where you belong.
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Readers say *Maame* is a poignant, character-driven coming-of-age story about grief, family duty, and cultural identity. Many praise Jessica George’s ...
Maddie's life has been put on hold and she has been stuck in both her career and her personal life. Until the right people come along and she begins to open up, speak up for herself and discovers who she is and who she can be.
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Great story about a woman finding her way through life after her father dies. The mother was no help, in fact she was real piece of work. A wonderful story that touches on racism, death, family and growing into your own life.
This was an entertaining book. 3.5 stars rounded down. I was interested in the main character's complicated journey with her mother, father, friends, and relationships. The reader gets a peak into the main characters google patterns, a clever method of providing the reader with insight into her private thoughts. I think that this was a little too 'young' for me. I found myself irritated with the characters naïveté and lacking basic life skills to navigate through the world. Too sheltered and it was tough watching her be taken advantage of.
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