MixedThis one's not so bad. I mean, Ithink I gave it like a three, something like that. It's written in this kind ofmodern style.
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Assembly (2021)
Creators: Liked Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of Go Home vans. Go to Oxbridge, get an education, start a career. Do all the right things. Buy a flat. Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But above all, keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep going. The narrator of Assembly is a Black British woman. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend's family estate, set deep in the English countryside. At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. As the minutes tick down and the future beckons, she can't escape the question: is it time to take it all apart? publisher
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LikedI really enjoyed assembly when I read it a few years ago I remember sitting in the garden on a sunny day and like not leaving my seat and reading it all in one sitting
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Loveda couple of very short works of literary fiction that I love would include assembly by Natasha Brown this is a proof copy fantastic book
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Likedassembly by Natasha Brown is a really Slim book which talks about the experience of being a black British woman who feels that she has done everything she can to assimilate and yet still doesn't feel like she truly belongs
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Lovedi read the whole of assembly last night and i just loved it i like ran the whole way through it in a couple of hours and i yeah really liked
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