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āImpossible to put down...Each lyrical line sings and soars, freeing the reader as it did the writer.ā āPeople
With echoes of Educated and The Glass Castle, How to Say Babylon is a ālushly observed and keenly reflective chronicleā (The Washington Post), brilliantly recounting the authorās struggle to break free of her rigid religious upbringing and navigate the world on her own terms.
Throughout her childhood, Safiya Sinclairās father, a volatile reggae musician and a militant adherent to a strict sect of Rastafari, was obsessed with the ever-present threat of the corrupting evils of the Western world outside their home, and worried that womanhood would make Safiya and her sisters morally weak and impure. For him, a womanās highest virtue was her obedience.
Safiyaās extraordinary mother, though loyal to her father, gave her the one gift she knew would take Safiya beyond the stretch of beach and mountains in Jamaica their family called home: a world of books, knowledge, and education she conjured almost out of thin air. When she introduced Safiya to poetry, Safiyaās voice awakened. As she watched her mother struggle voicelessly for years under relentless domesticity, Safiyaās rebellion against her fatherās rules set her on an inevitable collision course with him. Her education became the sharp tool to hone her own poetic voice and carve her path to liberation. Rich in emotion and page-turning drama, How to Say Babylon is āa melodious wave of memoriesā of a woman finding her own power (NPR).
This book title, How to Say Babylon (A Memoir), ISBN: 9781982132347, by Safiya Sinclair, published by Simon & Schuster (July 9, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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