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Blood on the Brain - by Esinam Bediako (Paperback)

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  • 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.
  • Author(s): Esinam Bediako
  • 248 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Coming of Age

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"Twenty-four-year-old Akosua is easily knocked off her feet. When she falls and hits her head, she's 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 she's 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"--



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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, she's 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 she's 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.



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"Esinam Bediako is remarkably self-assured in this debut novel; it's 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

"Between its quiet swells of suspense, Blood on the Brain is an interior and intimate story about a young woman navigating identity and adulthood. Bediako concludes this strong and spirited debut novel with a promising ending, one just settled enough to relax the pulse while being open enough to maintain the thrum . . ."

--Marcie McCauley, Rain Taxi


Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .57 Inches (D)
Weight: .71 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Coming of Age
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 248
Publisher: Red Hen Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Esinam Bediako
Language: English
Street Date: September 17, 2024
TCIN: 90566164
UPC: 9781636281803
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-3482
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.57 inches length x 5.5 inches width x 8.5 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.71 pounds
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