It’s book review time! This week we discuss the novel The Scent of Burnt Flowers by Blitz Bazawule. The plot centers on a black couple from the US South who flee to Ghana in 1966 after murdering a white man who attacks them in the middle of the night. Some topics we discuss include blinding jealousy, intergenerational trauma, and the different ways men and women are socialized to act in dangerous situations.
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