I highly recommend you listen to this audio as its wonderful. Words can’t express how I felt as I listened to Gifty walk through her days. The burden that she carried on her shoulder was heavy and at times, I wondered how she was going to make it through her day. I felt as if she was just waiting for something miraculous to happen, for something to rip the baggage from her shoulders and set her free!
Every day, Gifty works with her mice, trying to understand their behavior. This is her constant, the thing that keeps her moving. Nana, her talented, gifted brother, is partly responsible for Gifty’s desire to become a neuroscientist. Their mother is the other reason Gifty is going to school. It all started when her star-athlete brother got injured while at practice. The pain killers that he took, eventually led to his death. Now, with her favorite child gone, their mother slips into depression and Gifty is left trying to pick up the pieces.
It was a difficult move and the family struggles as they tried to adjust to life in Alabama. Mother wanted the Chin Chin Man to come and when he finally did, I don’t think he really wanted to live in Alabama. I think he struggled to fit in and when he returned to Ghana to visit, I knew he wasn’t planning on returning to the States. Mother’s grief had consumed her after Nana’s death and it was now consuming Gifty as well. Gifty didn’t know what to do, so she went to work, watching her mice. I liked the honesty that Gifty showed, her frustration felt real. A great emotional read. 5 stars
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