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Lucky Girl by Muchemi-Ndiritu, Irene is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Lucky Girl about?

Longing for independence, a young sheltered Kenyan woman flees the expectations of her mother for a life in New York City that challenges all her beliefs about race, love, and family.“Lucky Girl is at times tender, at times funny, at times uncomfortably frank. . . . A fresh look at racism, privilege, and the challenges of coming-of-age and falling in love between two cultures.”—Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black CakeSoila is a lucky girl by anyone’s estimation. Raised by her stern, conservative mother and a chorus of aunts, she has lived a protected life in Nairobi. Soila is headstrong and outspoken, and she chafes against her mother’s strict rules. After a harrowing assault by a trusted family friend, she flees to New York for college, vowing never to return home.New York in the 1990s is not what Soila imagined it would be. Instead of finding a golden land of opportunity,...

Who reads Lucky Girl?

Author

Muchemi-Ndiritu, Irene

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

2023

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Peoples & Cultures Fiction

Rating

3.42 / 5 (77 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14