Title: Freshwater
Description: Both a recounting of trauma and its impacts, as well as a retelling of a Nigerian fable. The main character's multiple experiences of trauma are retold and the author unflinchingly explores how they are impacted (e.g., self-harm, dissociation). The character's psychology is viewed through a non-Western lens.
Subjects: Women, Non-binary people, trauma, Identity (Psychology), Fiction, Fiction, biographical, Nigeria, fiction, Fiction, women, Igbo, Ogbanje, New York Times reviewed, LGBTQ gender identity, LGBTQ science fiction & fantasy, collection:otherwise_tiptree_award=winner, FICTION / Literary, Mental Disorders, Literary, collection:edmund_white_award=finalist