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  • Writer: Kathy Miller
    Kathy Miller
  • Jun 10, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: Aug 30, 2025

Zadie Smith, 2012

Date read: 6/10/24


This isn't a novel so much as a slice of people's lives. There's no overarching story or etc. It simply tells how three different people from the same background made it to adulthood. I enjoyed it, even with the thick English-isms (Is it. Innit. Blud.)

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