
The American Granddaughter
J. Trevor Williams
Inaam Kachachi. Trans. Nariman Youssef.
Interlink Books, 2021.
“Every time I try to escape her, I see her shadow behind me, attached to my own. The two merge until I can’t tell them apart.”
—Excerpt from My American Granddaughter by Inaam Kachachi
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