"Stripping Asjiah" is a book about a teenage girl who is trying to break free from a horrible family life. Her white father murders her Black mother then Asjiah and her brother are sent to live with their maternal grandmother. She is light skinned and has her father's blue eyes so every time they look at her it's a painful reminder of the horrible thing her father did so they treat her badly while her brother is treated like a prince.
Things only get worse when her uncle rapes her and instead of her family wanting to help her, they call her a liar and turn their backs on her. The only people who believe her are her brother and her boyfriend. Her brother takes matter into his own hands and takes to the streets to deal with his uncle as Asjiah counts down the days until she moves to Atlanta for college.
I loved this book. It takes place during the time when I was a teen so it was kinda nostalgic to read. The only bad thing is the book could have been edited better.
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While I'm not a huge fan of urban fiction novels, this story does have some clear conflict that understandably attracts readers. The family should not take what happened to the mother out on the daughter. It is sad that the daughter doesn't get to heal from the murder between her parents because instead of helping the daughter, her own family goes against her, which totally sucks.
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