{"title":"MARCH 2020","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"lucky-girl-a-novel","title":"LUCKY GIRL, a novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e324pp., paperback, \u003c\/em\u003eNew York, 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoila, a privileged and sheltered \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKenyan teenager, chooses to leave Nairobi, escape family expectations and study in New York City.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLucky Girl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is at its strongest when Muchemi-Ndiritu addresses the topic of American racism ... [Soila’s] honesty about her ‘different brand of Blackness,’ and ultimately her ability to drop the idea of it being a brand, make for some of the book’s most compelling passages.” \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIrene Muchemi-Ndiritu grew up\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in Nairobi and moved to the United States to attend college in 1998. She has worked as a journalist in New York City, Washington D.C., and Boston and currently lives in Cape Town. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLucky Girl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is her debut novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Muchemi-Ndiritu (I.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40387377463342,"sku":"","price":395.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/3182\/3662\/files\/luckygirlmuchemindiritu.jpg?v=1689689503"}],"url":"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/collections\/march-2020a.oembed","provider":"Clarke's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}