![]() ![]() They acknowledge the reality of burnout for even the most stalwart resistance fighters and affirm that rest and physical nourishment are critical. Emezi packs this novel with timely tension as characters struggle with knowing when and how to act in the face of unjustifiable state violence, among other societal atrocities. ![]() Eventually, her righteous anger births art that threatens to consume everyone with a fire that must be quelled or embraced. But the walls aren’t enough when Bitter starts to engage with the community of activists and citizens whose lives are ravaged by monsters. Behind the brick walls of Eucalyptus they are safe from the bullets and anxiety-inducing protests ringing through the air in the trouble-torn city of Lucille. Her best friend, Blessing, helps keep Bitter’s dark, curly hair shaved. ![]() Seventeen-year-old Bitter has finally found a home at Eucalyptus, which is run by the enigmatic Miss Virtue. A teenager wrestles with hope and revolution at a boarding school for gifted artists. ![]()
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