A Country You Can Leave and the legacies of racism

and the legacies of racism and colonialism in a lush setting and stunning prose that asks who pays for the sins of our ancestors

all with the one she should fear and mistrust the most: the ruthless God of War

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A Country You Can Leave and the legacies of racismFrom page one, A Country You Can Leave is a riveting, exasperating, and deeply heartbreaking tale of mother daughter strife and resilience. Xochitl Gonzalez, author of Olga Dies Dreaming A stunning debut novel following the turbulent relationship of a Black biracial teen and her ferocious Russian mother, struggling to survive in the California desert. When sixteen year old Lara and her fiery mother, Yevgenia, find themselves homeless again, the