We are kicking off September with an absolute winner!! The SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT is on Jacinda Townsend and her great new novel Mother Country. I’m telling you to drop everything and read this book NOW!! She delves into a situation that will cause serious discourse among readers😍 I wrote ✍🏾 She did it again. Jacinda Townsend is that woman! She is sneaky good with the pen. She has consistently good turns of phrases and makes the gruesome palatable. Just as she did with Saint Monkey, she spins a tale here that at times will gut punch you with sadness at how women can be mistreated so cavalierly by men. And, Ms. Townsend strikes just the right chords in exposing the horrors but holds the intimate gory at bay, that is a skill I think she has mastered in her short career. In this story of two mothers, one biological, one choosing to be at the expense of the biological mother, the story moves from Mauritania to Morocco to Kentucky. And at the center is the young innocent Yu/Mardi caught between the mothers. If one needed a reminder on just how difficult mothering is, exhibit one is this novel. Mother Souria is the Mauritania mother in Morocco who escaped a heinous childhood complete with rape, and sex trafficking. Mother Shannon is the privileged spoiled American who is in a loveless marriage she chose for convenience and financial relief. What happens to Yu/Mardi is heart breaking for Souria and a temporary blessing for Shannon. But is it really? The publishers blurb gives away a lot, but just know this, Jacinda Townsend has arrived. Period! #ownvoicesreviews #mothercountry #jacindatownsend #bookpusher #pushingbooksainteasy #goodblackreads #blackbooksmatter #blackbibliophile #bibliophile #bookreviewer #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #readmorebooks #reading (at Houston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiFgbilALJU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
