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How to Say Babylon: A Memoir

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Written in the kind of prose that could make any story sing, How To Say Babylon is a brilliant memoir rich with universal themes of empowerment and paired with a unique lens into a world few will find familiar but all will find intriguing. It’s a winning combination if ever there was one.

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
A New York Times Notable Book
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!
A Best Book of 2023 by the New York Times, Time, The Washington Post, Vulture, Shelf Awareness, Goodreads, Esquire, The Atlantic, NPR, and Barack Obama

With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing, ruled by her father’s strict patriarchal views and repressive contr...

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