We Need New Names, (Paperback)

from Kristelh

I picked this book up toward the end of 2013 or beginning of 2014 and didn't realize I had both a kindle and the audio addition. Then I realized that this would fit for the CAT challenge for December. Then I realized that it made a great companion read with Elizabeth Costello by J. M. Coetzee who...

from RealLifeReading

And last, a book from the library, another book that wasn't easy to read. It starts off with a group of young children with such amazing names like Darling and Godknows living in Zimbabwe, trying to stave off hunger by stealing guavas from the richer neighbourhoods. One of their friends, a ten-ye...

from kaitanya64

When the story opens, 10 year old Darling lives with her mother and grandmother in Zimbabwe. Darling, like all children, has a vivid imagination and loves to play with her friends. But the violence and poverty that surrounds them exposes them to fears and pressures that most children never experi...

from marielreads

NoViolet Bulawayo does a great job of portraying Darling's character as it changes. At the beginning, she is a child who plays games and innocently goes about her life trying to forget her traumatic memories. When she moves to America, she starts trying to assimilate herself, meticulously perfect...

from DeltaQueen50

We Need New Names by Noviolet Bulawayo is the story of Darling, a young Zimbabwean girl who is moved from her native country to Detroit, Michigan. While in her own country, Darling roamed the streets of her town, called Paradise, having adventures with her friends. From stealing guavas to playing...