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Blessing Musariri
- Themes
- Family identity, biological parentage and belonging: Chiante’s sense of family identity collapses when her mother reveals that the man she believed was her father is not her biological father. She investigates her family’s past and confronts questions of bloodline and belonging.
- Family secrets and hidden histories: Chiante investigates her family’s past after joining a community shaped by hidden histories.
- War’s legacy, intergenerational trauma and healing: Chiante joins older women and former combatants shaped by war, friendship and hidden histories. The novel explores war’s legacy and healing as Chiante confronts intergenerational trauma.
- Sisterhood and friendship: Chiante joins a close community of older women, and the novel explores sisterhood.
- Worth knowing
- Chiante’s sense of family identity collapses when she learns that the man she believed was her father is not her biological father.
- Chiante confronts intergenerational trauma while investigating her family’s past.
- Intergenerational trauma and war’s legacy are explored through a community including former combatants.