Lucky Girl Sports/Recreation Osefo’s mother and first-generation immigrants

Osefo’s mother and first-generation immigrants all across America” (Library Journal)

/ Give birth again / To the dream

you won’t forget her

and will one day inherit leadership of the family’s masquerade band

and belting her heart out for the viral streaming show she’s been cast in

Lucky Girl Sports/Recreation Osefo’s mother and first-generation immigrantsLonging for independence, a young sheltered Kenyan woman flees the expectations of her mother for a life in New York City that challenges all her beliefs about race, love, and family. Lucky Girl is at times tender, at times funny, at times uncomfortably frank. . . . A fresh look at racism, privilege, and the challenges of coming of age and falling in love between two cultures.Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake Soila