I wanted to love this book as science and faith and their intersections are where I "live". But this book plunged into the world of addiction so heavily, that I felt like I needed an Al-Anon meeting while reading it. I don't say that lightly because I highly appreciate 12-step recovery groups. I thought this leaned heavily into the coming-of-age issues of how to disengage from mentally ill parents and restrictive churches. Because it was a look-backwards POV, I thought Gifty, being a Stanford student, would be intelligent enough to seek out other places of worship and come to terms with (while not approve of) the cultural issues in churches. To condemn God because of a few people seems.....unwise and unfair. Do we want God to smite every bad action or actor? Wouldn't that include each one of us? This is the inherent tension in Christianity. How do we continue to love? The attempt for Gifty to discover the answers to depression and addiction seems laudable but naive. How many millions of people have hoped to do just that? Maybe working with God and maybe through 12-step groups could move the needle? Nonetheless,I learned a lot about Ghana, the daily pain of immigration, and the bigotry endemic in AL.

Book featuring food from another culture.

Super quick read and really funny and sweet. If you want a great escape book, try this one out!

LGBTQ characters in the novel. Very enlightening novel.

Dina lays the foundation for understanding Indigenous Environmental Justice. This comprehensive guide ought to be read by everyone from children to lawyers to layfolk alike.

Funny hilarious and cute

A good end to the series. It was a quick read with lots of twists and turns.

Drew me in more and more as I began to connect the pieces/characters from the different vignettes. Orange is gifted in the ways he can shift styles, voices and perspectives.

I like deep breath’s because when Dolly and Jack get upset about their paintings they got really upset and they said mean things, but they did stuff to calm their selves down like taking deep breath counting to 10 taking more bass and eating dinner. That is why I like deep breath’s

Wanda McCaddon narrates this insightful work of Marcus Aurelius, who meditated upon the wisdom of his present times, and succinctly summarized them into a timeless and true synopsis of how to live a life of love and ethic.