Immigrant Displacement

Description: Diaspora fiction holds its own heartbreaking take on alienation and loneliness as an immigrant. The House of Bilqis is a haunting novel about a Pakistani mother and son, and the emotional consequences of leaving home. Abidi's precise and elegant prose illuminates the struggle between a mother and son to reconcile their love for each other with their love for home. We Need New Names is a coming-of age story of a young girl named Darling from Zimbabwe, who navigates her growing-up years in the midst of political upheaval.
Consists of: We Need New Names (Well Read), The House of Bilqis (Good)