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A Country You Can Leave

Auteur(s): Asale Angel-Ajani
Narrateur(s): Amanda Cordner
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"A tour de force of character, and a captivating story to match. Vivid, tender and unflinching. I loved this journey."Ann-Marie MacDonald

A stunning debut novel following the turbulent relationship of a Black, biracial teen and her ferocious Russian mother, struggling to survive in the California desert.

When sixteen-year-old Lara and her fiery mother, Yevgenia, find themselves homeless again, the misnamed Oasis Mobile Estates is all they can afford. In this new community, where residents are down on their luck but rich in humor and escape plans, Lara navigates what it means to be the Black biracial daughter of a Russian mother and begins to wonder what a life beyond Yevgenia’s orbit—with her insistence on reading only the right kind of books (Russian) and having the right kind of relationships (casual, with lots of sex)—might look like. When a brutal attack exposes the cracks in their relationship, Lara and Yevgenia are forced to confront the family legacy of violence and the strain of inherited trauma on the bonds of their love.

A Country You Can Leave is a dazzling, sharp-witted story suffused with yearning, as Lara and Yevgenia attempt to forge their own identities and thrive in a hostile land. Compelling and empathetic, wry and intimate, Asale Angel-Ajani’s unforgettable debut novel examines the beauty and dangers of womanhood in multiracial America.

©2023 Asale Angel-Ajani (P)2023 Knopf Canada
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A Country You Can Leave is a master class of a bildungsroman. . . . Like childhood, Angel-Ajani’s novel is alternately horrifying and spellbinding in its lessons about love, family and growing up."—The New York Times

“A shimmering portrait. . . . [F]illed with passion and humor, rawness and loss . . . [A Country You Can Leave] is a fresh and vivid reminder of how good storytelling works.”Literary Hub

“Quiet and gripping. . . . [A] remarkable debut.”—Buzzfeed

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