Ada's room
(Book)
Uniform Title
Author
Contributors
Cho-Polizzi, Jon, translator.
Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 22 cm
Status
PCPLS - Hebron Public Library - Adult Fiction
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PCPLS - Valparaiso Public Library - Adult Fiction
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PCPLS - Hebron Public Library - Adult Fiction | OTOO | On Shelf |
PCPLS - Valparaiso Public Library - Adult Fiction | OTOO | On Shelf |
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Batesville Mem. PL - Batesville - Adult Fiction | F OTOO S. | On Shelf |
Benton Co PL - Fowler - Adult Fiction | F OTO | On Shelf |
Hamilton North PL - Cicero Main Branch - Adult Fiction | FIC.c Otoo, Sharon Dodua | On Shelf |
Newburgh Chandler PL - Bell Road Library - Fiction | FIC OTOO | On Shelf |
Plainfield-Guilford Twp PL - Plainfield - Fiction | FIC Otoo | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Notes
Description
"A kaleidoscopic novel spanning generations and continents, that reveals the connections between four women in their struggle for survival. A woman in 15th century West Africa named Ada buries her child and confronts a Portuguese enslaver. A woman in Victorian England named Ada Lovelace, a mathematical genius and computer programming pioneer, tries to hide her affair with Charles Dickens from her husband. A woman named Ada, imprisoned in a concentration camp at Mittelbau-Dora in 1945, will survive one more day in enforced prostitution. Connected by an unknown but sentient spirit, and a bracelet of fertility beads that each Ada encounters at a pivotal moment in her life, these women share a name and a purpose. As their interwoven narratives converge on a modern day Ada, a young Ghanaian woman who finds herself pregnant, alone, in Berlin, searching for a home before her baby arrives, their shared spirit will find a way to help her break the vicious cycle of injustice. This novel is a feat of imagination and breaks down simplistic notions of history as a straight line; one woman's experience matters to another's 400 years later, on a different continent. In this deeply moving, at times mordantly funny, ultimately hopeful book, there is a connection between all those fighting for love, for family, for justice, for a home"--,Provided by publisher.
Language
In English, translated from German.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Otoo, S. D., & Cho-Polizzi, J. (2023). Ada's room (First American edition.). Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Otoo, Sharon Dodua and Jon, Cho-Polizzi. 2023. Ada's Room. Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Otoo, Sharon Dodua and Jon, Cho-Polizzi. Ada's Room Riverhead Books, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Otoo, Sharon Dodua,, and Jon Cho-Polizzi. Ada's Room First American edition., Riverhead Books, 2023.
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