Freshwater

Description:

Both a recounting of trauma and its impacts, as well as a retelling of a Nigerian fable. The main character's multiple experiences of trauma are retold and the author unflinchingly explores how they are impacted (e.g., self-harm, dissociation). The character's psychology is viewed through a non-Western lens.

subjects: Women,  Non-binary people,  trauma,  Identity (Psychology),  Fiction,  Fiction, biographical,  Nigeria, fiction,  Fiction, women,  Igbo,  Ogbanje,  New York Times reviewed,  LGBTQ gender identity,  LGBTQ science fiction & fantasy,  collection:otherwise_tiptree_award=winner,  FICTION / Literary,  Mental Disorders,  Literary,  collection:edmund_white_award=finalist