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Who I Always Was: A Memoir by Theresa Okokon

• Who I Always Was: A Memoir
• Theresa Okokon
• Page: 288
• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
• ISBN: 9781668008959
• Publisher: Atria Books

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For fans of Aftershocks and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, a gripping and deeply honest memoir in essays, this debut collection sets out to answer the universal question of: Why am I like this? When Theresa Okokon was nine, her father traveled to his hometown in Nigeria to attend his mother’s funeral...and never returned. His mysterious death shattered Theresa as her family’s world unraveled. Now a storyteller and television cohost, Okokon sets out to explore the ripple effects of that profound loss and the way heartache shapes our sense of self and of the world—for the rest of our lives. Using her grief and her father’s death as a backdrop, Okokon delves deeply into intrinsic themes of Blackness, African spirituality, family, abandonment, belonging, and the seemingly endless, unrequited romantic pursuits of a Black woman who came of age as a Black girl in Wisconsin suburbs where she was—in many ways—always an anomaly.

Who I Always Was: A Memoir - ICPL Search - Iowa City Public Library
Okokon's memoir in essays is a deceptively lighthearted roller-coaster ride that takes readers through laughter, tears, and deep reflection.
Who I Always Was | Book by Theresa Okokon - Simon & Schuster
“Who I Always Was is a coming-of-age memoir, where the narrator struggles to find her place in a new land, a place that also happens to be where she was born. A .
I'll Always Have Paris: A Memoir by Art Buchwald - Goodreads
Nice little book about Art's adventures as s young journalist in the 40s and 50s in Europe and Paris specifically. Some parts made me giggle! 1 like.
Who I Always Was: A Memoir: 9781668008959: Okokon, Theresa
In this heartfelt debut memoir, Theresa Okokon explored the meanings and impact of parental loss combined with the social and cultural forces that shaped her .
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It is the best comic novel I have ever read. Norm often jokes that it is the “greatest comic novel of all time,” but it is the best and funniest .

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