This coming of age tale may have you reaching for a tissue. It’s been described as heartbreaking, painful, and filled with emotion. The author's memoir describes his search for home and the effects of immigrant cultural dislocation. Raised by his grandmother in Trinidad, Antonio is uprooted at 11 after her death and moves to Canada. He lives with his stern aunt, who lives in an Indigenous community in northern Ontario, where they are the only black family. He shares his memories, including his brief reunion with the birth parents who abandoned him.
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