5/27/2023 0 Comments Asali solomon the days of afrekete![]() ![]() But they've lost touch, so much so that when they run into each other at a drugstore just after Obama is elected president, they barely speak. The only time she was ever really happy was with Liselle back in college. ![]() Homelessness, starving children, the very living horrors of history that made America possible: these and other thoughts have made it difficult for her to live a normal life. ![]() Is it possible? How will she make it through this dinner party? Across town, Selena is making her way through the same day, the same way she always does-one foot in front of the other, keeping quiet and focused, trying not to see the terrors all around her. Now that it's over she is facing new questions: Who are they to each other, after all this? How much of herself has she lost on the way-and was it worth it? Just before the night begins, she hears from an FBI agent, who claims that Winn is corrupt. Liselle was never sure about Winn becoming a politician, never sure about the limelight, about the life of fundraising and stump speeches. It seems a strange occasion-her husband, Winn, has lost his bid for the state legislature and they're having the key supporters over to thank them for their work. Liselle Belmont is having a dinner party. ![]() Dalloway and Sula, The Days of Afrekete is a tender, surprising novel of two women at midlife who rediscover themselves-and perhaps each other. ![]()
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