Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi, but in my case, it means woman.What to say on a first date?Back pain in your mid-20s normal?Is it bad to cry at work?% of young people who are also carers?Meet Maddie Wright.She wants to wear a bright yellow suit.She wants to date men who her mother wouldn’t like.She wants to stand up to her boss – once and for all.She wants to know why her father can’t tell her he loves her.She wants to stop Googling every life choice she makes.But will the world let her?This is a story of heartbreak, friendship, and breaking the rules – it’s a book that will leave you feeling braver than you were when you started.
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My Name is Maame
Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi, but in my case, it means woman.What to say on a first date?Back pain in your mid-20s normal?Is it bad to cry at work?% of young people who are also carers?Meet Maddie Wright.She wants to wear a bright yellow suit.She wants to date men who her mother wouldn’t like.She wants to stand up to her boss – once and for all.She wants to know why her father can’t tell her he loves her.She wants to stop Googling every life choice she makes.But will the world let her?This is a story of heartbreak, friendship, and breaking the rules – it’s a book that will leave you feeling braver than you were when you started.
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Reviewed by Claudia Askes-BlumThis was therapy in book form. I lost my dad 25 years ago, so this is a topic very close to my heart and Jessica George’s words in Maame, reminded me of the emotions - good and bad - I have gone through in a way that not many have been able to put into words. “Accept that your life is different now because of this monumental, irreversible change and that it’s okay to feel guilt one day and indescribable happiness another. This is life now,’ he says. ‘This is how you live.’”