We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies

We Measure the Earth with Our BodiesFor readers of Homegoing and The Leavers, a compelling and profound debut novel about a Tibetan family's journey through exile. International Bestseller Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp in Nepal. They survived the dangerous journey across the Himalayas, but

Perry traces both blue and Blackness from their earliest roots to their many embodiments of contemporary culture

like salty caviar on top of squid-stuffed pork

the two sides of this family

fundamentally deconstructs the idea that Africans in America are a monolith--instead it unlocks the startling range of experiences and ideas that have always existed within the community of Blackness

both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation

the protection of the Saints

with his marriage to Hannah on the verge of collapse

surrounded by privileged students whose futures are already paved out for them

Each time a Black person anywhere is harmed

many backgrounds

Sherronda J

Eventually adopted by a pair of well-meaning white professors