Episode · The Book Review · 2022-07-15
Books mentioned on ‘Son of Elsewhere’ Recounts Life as a Young Immigrant
John Williams discussed Son of Elsewhere by Elamin Abdelmahmoud and Colonia Lebarón / the Colony by Sally Denton. Sally Denton discussed American massacre by Sally Denton.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Son of Elsewhere
Son of Elsewhere is a poignant memoir in pieces by Elamin Abdelmahmoud that explores the author's journey of growing up in Canada after moving there from Sudan at the age of twelve.
Discussed“elamine Abdel mmud talks about his new Memoir son of Elsewhere about growing up in Canada after moving there from Sudan when he was 12”
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Colonia Lebarón / the Colony
Discussed“the investigative journalist and author Sally Denton discusses the colony which explores a Mormon sect in Mexico”
Where to get it
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American massacre
Discussed“I'd written a book called American Massacre about the Mountain Meadows Massacre in southern Utah in 1857 and many of the perpetrators of that Massacre left to go into hiding 20 years later when the US government was demanding that somebody in Utah territory be held accountable for the massacre”
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