A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times

Name: A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781838858919
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By Meron Hadero

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In A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times, Meron Hadero beautifully weaves together stories that delve into the lives of refugees and immigrants, exploring themes of displacement, identity, and the search for belonging. The collection paints rich portraits of individuals navigating the challenges of adapting to new environments while holding onto their cultural roots. Each story offers an intimate glimpse into the resilience and warmth found in connections with others amidst adversity.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate richly woven stories that illuminate the nuances of immigrant experiences and cultural connections. It offers an insightful exploration of identity and the challenges faced by individuals finding a sense of belonging in a foreign land. The narrative intertwines deep emotional moments with humour, making it both thought-provoking and engaging.

A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times

A poignant and compelling collection of short stories about those whose lives have been marked by the risk of displacement, from the winner of the AKO Caine Prize

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An enterprising young man on the verge of losing his home in Addis Ababa pursues an improbable opportunity to turn his life around. A woman visiting her country of origin for the first time finds that an ordinary object opens up an unexpected, complex bridge between worlds. An intergenerational friendship forms between two refugees living in Iowa who have connections to Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Kaleidoscopic, powerful and illuminative, the stories in A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times expand our understanding of the essential and universal need for connection and the vital refuge of home.

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A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times by Meron Hadero is praised for its empathetic and nuanced exploration of characters caught between cultures and challenges of connection. The collection portrays dislocation, loneliness, and the search for belonging with powerful insight and compassion. Critics commend Hadero's effortless style, compelling character portrayals, and perceptive dialogue, marking it as a masterful debut.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838858919

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 December 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Books

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 223g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

Meron Hadero is an Ethiopian-American who was born in Addis Ababa and came to the US via Germany as a young child. Meron's short stories have won the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, and appear in Best American Short Stories, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology and others. She was a contributor to The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Live and has been published in the New York Times. A 2019- 2020 Steinbeck Fellow at San Jose State University, Meron holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan, a JD from Yale Law School (Washington State Bar) and a BA in history from Princeton with a certificate in American studies.

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