Seeking Solace in “Thin Places” – Chicago Review of Books

Seeking Solace in “Thin Places” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Kerri ní Dochartaigh wanted to leave behind her hometown of Derry, Ireland from the start. She grew up in a fractured household with a Catholic mother and Protestant father – an abnormal pairing in the Irish community at the height of the Troubles. Her family home in the Protestant Waterside area shattered into pieces … Read more

The Cost of Leaving in ‘Seeking Fortune Elsewhere’ – Chicago Review of Books

The Cost of Leaving in ‘Seeking Fortune Elsewhere’ – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Among the array of ignorant comments some Americans make about immigrants is one that anyone is lucky to live here. Setting aside this country’s terrible history (and very flawed present), such reductionist remarks ignore the significant costs of leaving one’s home country. Sindya Bhanoo’s debut story collection, Seeking Fortune Elsewhere, confronts these tolls head-on, … Read more