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The unfortunates : a novel

Title

The unfortunates : a novel / JK Chukwu.

Author

Chukwu, J K (Jennifer K)

Publication

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	JFE 23-1998	Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

Description

301 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

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.

Subject

Genre/Form

Call Number

JFE 23-1998

ISBN

OCLC

1370251805

Author

Chukwu, J K (Jennifer K), author.

Title

The unfortunates : a novel / JK Chukwu.

Publisher

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]

Copyright Date

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Research Call Number

JFE 23-1998