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Maame

Jessica George

Start date: March 1, 2023

Finish date: March 31, 2023

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Jun 25, 2023 Jessica rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, race, immigrants, listened-to, death-dying

Maddie is a young woman who cares for her father who has Parkinson's in London while her mother lives in Ghana to run a family business and her older brother tends to his own life and doesn't lend a hand. When her mother tells her she is moving back to London for a year, Maddie takes the opportunity to move out and discover who she is and grow into adulthood at twenty-five years old.

I couldn't listen to this one fast enough. I loved Maddie and couldn't root for her enough as she experienced life ...more

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Feb 20, 2023 Bruin Mccon rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: set-in-london, library-audiobook, library-ebook, pub-2023

You’ve probably heard people talking about Maame and it deserves all the kudos. I had a feeling going in what the tragedy mentioned in the synopsis would be, it still hit me hard. This was very, very well done. Maddie feels like a younger version of myself despite us having very different lives. I loved when she went on her first date at a guy’s house (which she quickly Googled after accepting only to learn he could be a serial killer luring her to her death) and became so nervous and tongue-tie ...more

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Apr 01, 2023 Britt rated it it was amazing

Rating: 4.5 rounded up to 5 || This book has been everywhere since its release earlier this year and for good reason. Jessica George’s writing is beautiful and sparse, and Maddie has such a great voice that is so relatable if you’ve ever felt young and lost. Maddie’s reflections on the complexities of her familial, platonic, and romantic relationships were some of the most memorable moments for me, and I really enjoyed spending time in her rich inner world as she navigates the many firsts of her ...more

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Apr 26, 2023 Karen D rated it it was amazing

Shelves: family, health, audiobook, zzcontemporary, contemporary-fiction

This came so hyped up, and it completely lived up! If you somehow haven't heard of this yet, this is about Maddie, a 25-year-old in London who is the primary caretaker for her father who has advanced Parkinson's while her mom lives in Ghana most of the time. She's been a rock for her family for so long that she is struggling to figure out her place in the world.
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This is truly a "you will laugh, you will cry" book. I absolutely loved Maddie as a character, and found her so relatable and easy to c ...more

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