![]() I was intrigued by Zoboi’s very topical premise, particularly in terms of whether Fabiola and her mother would be reunited and if they’d have to return to Haiti for that to happen. And there is nothing left to do but to shrink and squeeze until everything has turned to dust and disappeared. Here, the walls, the air, the buildings, the people all seem to have already fallen. This is the opposite of the earthquake, where things were falling apart and the ground was shifting beneath my small feet. The whole house seems to want to squeeze me in, force a deep wail from out of my body because it’s only been one day and I am losing myself to this new place. ![]() While Fabiola was born in the US, she has lived her whole life in Haiti and, suddenly removed from her home and forcibly separated from her mother, she finds herself rudderless. ![]() ![]() It’s a version of the American Dream that resonates throughout the novel, as Fabiola tries to acclimatise to the very different way of life of her cousins, while her mother remains in a detention center with no immediate prospect of going anywhere. ![]() Ibi Zoboi’s debut opens with young Fabiola traveling from Haiti to Detroit with her mother officially entering the US for a visit, their plan is really to remain, moving in with Fabiola’s mother’s sister to start a new life. ![]()
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