Send Her Back and Other Stories by Munashe Kaseke

 Book Excerpt:

"In Send Her Back and other stories, Munashe Kaseke offers an awfully intimate, fresh telling of the immigrant experience of black women in the United States. Equally awash with the joys of exploring a new world and a myriad of challenges, her complicated and often tangled female Zimbabwean protagonists navigate issues of identity, microaggressions, and sexism in vibrant, indelible settings. Yet again, these are not only stories of navigating an at-times tense US political climate, but they are also marked by characters who rise to the top of their professional fields, seize the American dream, and travel the world in glee. Kaseke peels back on the inner wranglings of characters caught between two worlds, be it by stories of dating outside one's culture and race or failing to assimilate upon returning home after spending time abroad.

Uncanny. Witty. Gripping. Send Her Back, and other stories dazzle, leaving you newly awakened to the world we live in."

Title: Send Her Back and Other Stories
Author: Munashe Kaseke
Publisher: Mukana Press
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: Four
Review:
"Send Her Back and Other Stories" by Munashe Kaseke

My Assessment:

'Send Her Back and Other Stories' was a collection of sixteen immigrant short stories. Some of the stories I found very hard to read and almost put the novel down; however, I was finally able to finish each one of the stories. Being a black American, these stories were hard to read these profound reads. It was good to see some of the strongest that some of these women processed in what they found out about after coming to America only looking for hope, and many did not find it here in our dear old America.

I struggled to read many of these emotional and draining stories as being told by a Zimbabwean woman. But, what got me was how many of the stories were treated horribly—their struggles with their families and society.

Whether or not this was a fictional story, even though it may not be true, I still believe some of it could have happened. We live in a world and see what has happened to many immigrants that have come to the US and experienced racism...yes, here in the US. If I were to have one of the sixteen stories I liked, it would be 'Ghost Of My Mother.'

Pick this one up and read and see how well this author wrote a story that the reader will ponder long after reading.

Thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher of the ARC of this book, in return for my honest review.