Every Body Looking
(Sprache: Englisch)
A Finalist for the National Book Award
When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it s the first time she s ever been so far from her family and the first time that she s been able to make her own choices and...
When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it s the first time she s ever been so far from her family and the first time that she s been able to make her own choices and...
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A Finalist for the National Book AwardWhen Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it s the first time she s ever been so far from her family and the first time that she s been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past her mother s struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father s attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future.
Candice Iloh s beautifully crafted narrative about family, belonging, sexuality, and telling our deepest truths in order to be whole is at once immensely readable and ultimately healing. Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times Bestselling Author of Brown Girl Dreaming
An essential and emotionally gripping and masterfully written and compulsively readable addition to the coming-of-age canon. Nic Stone, New York Times Bestselling Author of Dear Martin
This is a story about the sometimes toxic and heavy expectations set onthe backs of first-generation children, the pressures woven into the familydynamic, culturally and socially. About childhood secrets with sharp teeth. And ultimately, about a liberation that taunts every young person. Jason Reynolds, New York Times Bestselling Author of Long Way Down
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GRADUATION DAYJust look at me
they got me out here
wearing a dress
heels
makeup
hope Mama s proud
she sure does look like it
looking at me and squealing
like proud mamas do when
their baby looks something
like she came from them
her squeals bounce
from every wall of this hotel lobby
her screams shake from
her fragile body exploding
like she s shocked by her own joy
unsteady heels click
against the tile toward the person she can say
was the best thing she ever did
with her life
Here s the scene: I m seventeen and graduating
from high school
and this weekend I learn to juggle
my father and his new wife
are on their way to the Home of the Chicago Doves
decked out, like they re about to glide down the church s red carpet
him in his crispiest suit, her bulging from a flowered dress
my baby brother dressed
as Dad s mini identical twin
belted in the back seat
of my father s golden Toyota Camry
is giddy knowing nothing
about what day it is
or how his big sister
will survive it
after picking up her own mommy
keeping her seated somewhere
she can fidget
far from his side of the family
Mama fidgets
in my passenger seat
more on edge than me
maybe cause it s been
like five years since we ve seen
each other but she is here
scoffs under her breath
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thinking, just like her
this hoopty is proof
of yet another thing
I don t need
shrugs away small thoughts
not knowing
Dad demanded
I save and buy my first Camry
myself
sits and tugs
at her lopsided wig
pulls down the mirror
reapplies bloodred lipstick
smudges some on her cheeks
with her fingers
and I thank god knowing
without this
I may not
recognize her
We pull into my high school s parking lot
for the last day I will ever have to smile at these people like I ever belonged here / for the ten minutes it takes Mama and me to get to the stands along the football field, a place she has never seen / I imagine the sounds of our heels to be / like a song we are for once dancing to together / today / I m not angry / at her slurred speech / I m not angry / at her missing teeth / I m not angry / at her fuss / I m not angry / that she looks nothing like / the last time I saw her / or that / I don t know when the next time will be / for the ten minutes it takes Mama and me to get to the stands along the football field / I m just happy we re both here / alive
My name is Ada
but not really
it s what my father s side
calls me cause I was born
first
and on this day
I m only three months
from leaving this place behind
they tell me there s
a big world out there
and they tell me
there s so much I can do
and I know nothing
but this city
but my father
but these schools
where I ve always
been one of few specks
of dingy brown
in a sea of perfect white
but I know the bible
and I know how to do
the right things
so how hard could college
really be
thinking, just like her
this hoopty is proof
of yet another thing
I don t need
shrugs away small thoughts
not knowing
Dad demanded
I save and buy my first Camry
myself
sits and tugs
at her lopsided wig
pulls down the mirror
reapplies bloodred lipstick
smudges some on her cheeks
with her fingers
and I thank god knowing
without this
I may not
recognize her
We pull into my high school s parking lot
for the last day I will ever have to smile at these people like I ever belonged here / for the ten minutes it takes Mama and me to get to the stands along the football field, a place she has never seen / I imagine the sounds of our heels to be / like a song we are for once dancing to together / today / I m not angry / at her slurred speech / I m not angry / at her missing teeth / I m not angry / at her fuss / I m not angry / that she looks nothing like / the last time I saw her / or that / I don t know when the next time will be / for the ten minutes it takes Mama and me to get to the stands along the football field / I m just happy we re both here / alive
My name is Ada
but not really
it s what my father s side
calls me cause I was born
first
and on this day
I m only three months
from leaving this place behind
they tell me there s
a big world out there
and they tell me
there s so much I can do
and I know nothing
but this city
but my father
but these schools
where I ve always
been one of few specks
of dingy brown
in a sea of perfect white
but I know the bible
and I know how to do
the right things
so how hard could college
really be
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Autoren-Porträt von Candice Iloh
Candice Iloh is a first-generation Nigerian American writer whose books center home. They are from the Midwest by way of Washington, DC, and Brooklyn, New York. They are a proud alumna of the Rhode Island Writers Colony, and their work has earned fellowships from Lambda Literary, VONA, and Kimbilio Fiction and a residency with Hi-ARTS, where they debuted their first one-person show in 2018. Candice became a 2020 National Book Award Finalist and, in 2021, a Printz Award Honoree for their debut novel, Every Body Looking. Salt the Water is their third novel.
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- Autor: Candice Iloh
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 12 Jahre
- 2021, 416 Seiten, Maße: 14,1 x 21,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0525556222
- ISBN-13: 9780525556220
- Erscheinungsdatum: 24.09.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
A Finalist for the National Book AwardA Michael L. Printz Award Honoree
One of Reader's Digest's 50 Best YA Novels of All Time
"Candice Iloh's beautifully crafted narrative about family, belonging, sexuality, and telling our deepest truths in order to be whole is at once immensely readable and ultimately healing." Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author of Brown Girl Dreaming
"An essential and emotionally gripping and masterfully written and compulsively readable addition to the coming-of-age canon." Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin
"I can't remember the last time I read a story that stood this effortlessly at the axis of so many slivers of young American life. To show complexity without box-checking, and empathy without melodrama, to me, makes this a story with legs, and Iloh a writer to watch." Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down
This blazing coming-of-age comet will have everybody looking up. New York Times
"Lyrical, insightful, and searing." Teen Vogue
[Iloh] makes a stunning debut with this brilliant coming-of-age tale. Buffalo News
"[A portrait] of a young woman struggling with issues both universal wanting to be liked, to feel seen, to make a friend and specific to the experiences of a Black woman and child of immigrants.... [T]riumphant." Vox
"In this stunning debut for young adults, Iloh crafts succinct, beautiful poems to illustrate the difficulties of navigating the tangle of family history and obligation, the power of art to heal and express, and the strength it takes to chart an authentic, independent path." Publishers Weekly, starred review
"This book is a testament to the beauty of Black girls, their circumstances, bodies, and cultures." Booklist, starred review
"Iloh uses verse beautifully [A] captivating, sometimes heartbreaking, yet ultimately hopeful story." Kirkus, starred review
"Every Body Looking is a powerful
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acknowledgement of what we gain when we grant ourselves permission to embrace who we are fully and completely." BookPage
"A hopeful, beautifully written, deeply affecting story of what we endure and overcome in the journey to become ourselves." Teen Librarian Toolbox
Readers will be left wishing they could accompany Ada as she pursues her passion and finds her way to a genuine relationship, while left hopeful and inspired by her beautifully-told story. SLJ
A Feminist Book Project Top Ten Title
"A hopeful, beautifully written, deeply affecting story of what we endure and overcome in the journey to become ourselves." Teen Librarian Toolbox
Readers will be left wishing they could accompany Ada as she pursues her passion and finds her way to a genuine relationship, while left hopeful and inspired by her beautifully-told story. SLJ
A Feminist Book Project Top Ten Title
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