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092    FIC|bMUC 
100 1  Muchemi-Ndiritu, Irene,|eauthor. 
245 10 Lucky girl :|ba novel /|cIrene Muchemi-Ndiritu. 
264  1 New York :|bThe Dial Press,|c[2023] 
300    324 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "Soila is a lucky girl by anyone's estimation. Raised by 
       her stern, conservative mother and a chorus of aunts, she 
       has lived a life of privilege in Nairobi. Soila is 
       headstrong and outspoken, and she chafes against her 
       mother's strict rules. After a harrowing assault by a 
       trusted family friend, she flees to New York for college, 
       vowing never to return home. New York is not what she 
       imagined it would be. Instead of a golden land of 
       opportunity, Soila finds herself shocked by the 
       entitlement of her wealthy American classmates and the 
       poverty she sees in the streets. She befriends a Black 
       American girl at school and witnesses the acts of racism 
       her friend endures, forcing Soila to acknowledge the 
       legacy of slavery and the blind spots afforded by the 
       privilege of her Kenyan upbringing. When she falls in love
       with a free-spirited artist, a man her mother would never 
       approve of, she must decide whether to honor her Kenyan 
       identity and what she owes to her family, or to follow her
       heart and forge a life of her own design"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Young adults, Black|vFiction. 
650  0 Women, Black|xViolence against|vFiction. 
650  0 Group identity|vFiction. 
650  0 Racism|vFiction. 
650  0 Man-woman relationships|vFiction. 
651  0 Nairobi (Kenya)|vFiction. 
651  0 New York (N.Y.)|vFiction. 
655  7 Bildungsromans.|2lcgft 
655  7 Novels.|2lcgft 
938    Brodart|bBROD|n133064506 
938    YBP Library Services|bYANK|n18079401 
994    C0|bORL
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