The deep
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New York : Saga Press, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First Saga Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
166 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
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Published
New York : Saga Press, 2019.
Edition
First Saga Press hardcover edition.
Language
English

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Inspired by a song produced by the rap group Clipping for the This American Life episode 'We Are In The Future'.
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"Yetu holds the memories for her people -- water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners -- who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone, save one -- the historian. This demanding role has been bestowed on Yetu. Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her. And so, she flees to the surface, escaping the memories, the expectations, and the responsibilities -- and discovers a world her people left behind long ago. Yetu will learn more than she ever expected to about her own past -- and about the future of her people. If they are all to survive, they'll need to reclaim the memories, reclaim their identity -- and own who they really are." --,Provided by publisher.

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