Outlawed had me at “feminist western.” It had me at “Reese’s bookclub pick.” It had me at the publisher’s description: “The Crucible meets True Grit.” And reviews that compared it to The Handmaid’s Tale, but set in the Wild West.
This book has me, and you should have this book. This is the memoir that everyone's talking about in 2021—Owusu is the daughter of an African father and European mother whose childhood, straddling two continents, was characterized by loss, shocking secrets, and the feeling of being homesick without knowing what “home” you miss.
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