The unfortunates : a novel / JK Chukwu.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780358650263
- 0358650267
- College students, Black -- Fiction
- African American college students -- Fiction
- Nigerian Americans -- Fiction
- Bisexual college students -- Fiction
- College sophomores -- Fiction
- Depression, Mental -- Fiction
- Missing persons -- Fiction
- Racism -- Fiction
- Racism against Black people -- Fiction
- Racism in higher education -- Fiction
- College stories
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | CHUKWU, J K | Available | 33111011069040 | |||||
Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | In Case You Missed It | CHUKWU, J K | ICYMI: Recently New | Available | 33111011297575 | |||
Adult Book | Northport Library | Fiction | CHUKWU, J K | Available | 33111009478195 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An edgy, bitingly funny debut about a queer, half-Nigerian college sophomore who, enraged and exhausted by the racism at her elite college, is determined to reveal the truth about The Unfortunates--the unlucky subset of Black undergrads who Just. Keep. Disappearing.
Sahara is Not Okay. Entering her sophomore year, she already feels like a failure: her body is too much, her love life is nonexistent, she's not Nigerian enough for her family, her grades are subpar, and, well, the few Black classmates she has are vanishing--or dying. Sahara herself is close to giving up: depression has been her longtime "Life Partner." She believes that this narrative--taking the form of an irreverent, no-holds-barred "thesis" addressed to the powerful University Committee that will judge her--may be her last chance to document the Unfortunates' experience before she joins their ranks...But maybe, just maybe, she and her complex community of BIPOC women aren't ready to go out without a fight.
Sahara, a queer, half-Nigerian college sophomore who feels like an all-around failure, finds hope, answers, and unexpected redemption when she sets out to find the truth about The Unfortunates--the unlucky subset of black undergrads who have been mysteriously disappearing.
Sahara is Not Okay. Entering her sophomore year at Elite University, she feels like a failure: her body is too curvy, her love life is nonexistent, her family is disappointed in her, her grades are terrible, and, well, the few Black classmates she has just keep dying. Sahara is close to giving up, herself: her depression is, as she says, her only "Life Partner." And this narrative--taking the form of an irreverent, piercing "thesis" to the university committee that will judge her--is meant to be a final unfurling of her singular, unforgettable voice before her own inevitable disappearance and death. But over the course of this wild sophomore year, and supported by her eccentric community of BIPOC women, Sahara will eventually find hope, answers, and an unexpected redemption.