
Blood on the Brain
by Esinam Bediako
Title:
Blood on the Brain
Author:
Esinam Bediako
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
248 pages, Illustrations
Publisher:
Red Hen Press IPS
ISBN-13:
9781636281803
EAN:
9781636281803
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
438
Dimensions (mm):
140 x 216 x 17
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
An impulsive, madcap, and newly concussed young woman comes of age as she navigates her Ghanaian American identity, her relationships, and the muddled landscape of history, memory, imagination, and delusion. Twenty-four-year-old Akosua is easily knocked off her feet. When she falls and hits her head, she's too preoccupied with her latest dramas to fully absorb the shock. In the span of three months, she has broken up with her boyfriend Wisdom, discovered that her deadbeat dad has moved back to the States from Ghana, and dropped so many classes that she believes she's the only history grad student in the history of grad students to be registered for just one partial-credit class. Instead of facing her problems, Akosua seeks distraction in Daniel, a 'good Ghanaian man.' But as her head injury worsens, she questions whether she can continue to run away from her father any more than she can keep ignoring her brain and its traumas. Vibrant, funny, and bittersweet, Blood on the Brain is a novel about the complications of family, romance, and culture—and how coming of age can feel like a blow to the head.










