Lisa Ray Instagram – I always reach for stories about blended blood. Not only because of my own mixed identity but for the potency of observation and perspective that individuals who fit in neither here nor there carry. Aftershocks is more layered than a personal history, blending in as it does political history from Ghana, Armenia, Uganda and the many locations that Nadia, child of a UN employee, current New Yorker, has experienced. The topography she covers is sharp, covering mental illness, abandonment and family secrets, but with hope and illumination chasing the shadows of her lived experiences. What a memoir. This is why we read. #aftershocks @wheresnadia