Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Makumbi, Savaş, Lispector, and More

Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from the likes of Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Ayşegül Savaş, Clarice Lispector, and more—that are publishing this week.

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Let’s Tell This Story Properly by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Here’s what  about : “Makumbi () captures the struggles of economic uncertainty and assimilation for Ugandans in Britain across decades in this adept collection. In “Our Allies the Colonies,” Abbey, an immigrant lured to England during WWII by army recruitment posters, fathers a son with a white woman who puts him up for adoption without informing Abbey. In “Manchester Happened,” Nnambassa remembers her difficult immigration to