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Last Nomad : Coming of Age in the Somali Desert by Shugri Said Salh (2022, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill

ISBN-101643752561

ISBN-139781643752563

eBay Product ID (ePID)7050101215

Product Key Features

Book TitleLast Nomad : Coming of Age in the Somali Desert

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicWomen, Cultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs

GenreBiography & Autobiography

AuthorShugri Said Salh

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight11.4 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-275847

Reviews"A brilliant and riveting book, a story that starts pre-war Somalia and into the whispers of the wars. The Last Nomad introduces the reader to the real lives in Somalia and the resilience of its people not only inside Somalia but beyond." --Abdi Nor Iftin, author of Call Me American "Shugri Said Salh has had a life few of us could ever imagine . . . Salh''s intense focus on her connection to her family and her culture packs an inspiring emotional wallop . . . If you don''t know much about the lives of Somali women before starting The Last Nomad, knowing Salh''s story will make you want to learn more." -- Apple Books, Best Book of the Month "An absorbing attempt to explain, through vivid recollection and compassion for her own personal traumas and triumphs, how it feels to have experienced two such dramatically divergent lives. -- San Francisco Chronicle "A natural storyteller, Shugri Said Salh was born in the Somali desert and has endured war, refugee camps, loss and oppressive traditions on her way to finding her home." -- Ms . magazine "An intense, compassionate, and moving story of tradition and resilience." -- Book Riot "Shugri Salh''s The Last Nomad is a fascinating look at a disappearing culture. It''s told from the perspective of a girl growing into womanhood in a place where women''s value and virtue hinges on the actions of men. Salh''s stories of bravery and resilience intersplice with those of everyday joy and struggle. They show her forever navigating the place where two worlds collide with grace and skill, as perhaps only a nomad can." --Tracey Baptiste, author of The Jumbies and African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History "In this agile personal history of trauma, civil strife, and asylum, debut author Salh vividly describes a youth divided between opposing worlds... Salh''s prose radiates with deep empathy and sensitivity, a reflection of the gift for storytelling she inherited from her poet grandmother. This stuns with its raw beauty." -- Publishers Weekly "An illuminating and engaging read... [Salh] offers an important perspective, carefully documenting her experiences and how they reflect geopolitical issues...a thoughtful and resonant celebration of the human spirit." -- Booklist "A clear-eyed and moving chronicle of her coming-of-age during a tumultuous time in the history of her native Somalia . . . A thoughtful look at life in an often-misunderstood culture and region." -- Kirkus Reviews "The prose is simple and open, and captivating. Shugri''s voice calmly teaches us about a stunning world most Americans are unfamiliar with, and the struggles of immigrating." -- Napa Valley Register, Elayna Trucker (Napa Bookmine) "Heartbreaking and soaringly inspirational . . . a devastating and gorgeous memoir." -- Petaluma Argus-Courier "The riveting and lyrical tale she tells is complex and reflects many angles of a patriarchal nomadic culture that is by turns oppressive and supportive, frightening and beautiful . . . Her storyteller''s voice infuses her memoir with a playful, poetic spirit." -- North Bay Bohemian "Salh writes lyrically and with reverence about her upbringing . . . She recalls with clear-eyed honesty the casual cruelties she witnessed in a homeland riven by clan warfare and a native culture that, for all its rich traditions, is rooted in misogyny." -- Santa Rosa Press-Democrat "This effortlessly told story documents both a personal and national history of strife. Salh''s unforgettable memoir is about hardship, the ''rhythm and rituals of nomadic life,'' and a victorious song at the end of personal and national trauma." -- Isele Magazine, "A brilliant and riveting book, a story that starts pre-war Somalia and into the whispers of the wars. The Last Nomad introduces the reader to the real lives in Somalia and the resilience of its people not only inside Somalia but beyond." --Abdi Nor Iftin, author of Call Me American "Shugri Salh's The Last Nomad is a fascinating look at a disappearing culture. It's told from the perspective of a girl growing into womanhood in a place where women's value and virtue hinges on the actions of men. Salh's stories of bravery and resilience intersplice with those of everyday joy and struggle. They show her forever navigating the place where two worlds collide with grace and skill, as perhaps only a nomad can." --Tracey Baptiste, author of The Jumbies and African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History "In this agile personal history of trauma, civil strife, and asylum, debut author Salh vividly describes a youth divided between opposing worlds... Salh's prose radiates with deep empathy and sensitivity, a reflection of the gift for storytelling she inherited from her poet grandmother. This stuns with its raw beauty." -- Publishers Weekly "An illuminating and engaging read... [Salh] offers an important perspective, carefully documenting her experiences and how they reflect geopolitical issues...a thoughtful and resonant celebration of the human spirit." -- Booklist "A clear-eyed and moving chronicle of her coming-of-age during a tumultuous time in the history of her native Somalia . . . A thoughtful look at life in an often-misunderstood culture and region." -- Kirkus Reviews "The prose is simple and open, and captivating. Shugri's voice calmly teaches us about a stunning world most Americans are unfamiliar with, and the struggles of immigrating." -- Napa Valley Register, Elayna Trucker (Napa Bookmine), "Salh's prose radiates with deep empathy and sensitivity, a reflection of the gift for storytelling she inherited from her poet grandmother. This stuns with its raw beauty." -- Publishers Weekly "A brilliant and riveting book . . . The Last Nomad introduces the reader to the real lives in Somalia and the resilience of its people not only inside the nation but beyond." --Abdi Nor Iftin, author of Call Me American "Shugri Salh's The Last Nomad is a fascinating look at a disappearing culture. It's told from the perspective of a girl growing into womanhood in a place where women's value and virtue hinges on the actions of men. Salh's stories of bravery and resilience intersplice with those of everyday joy and struggle. They show her forever navigating the place where two worlds collide with grace and skill, as perhaps only a nomad can." --Tracey Baptiste, author of The Jumbies and African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History "A clear-eyed and moving chronicle of her coming-of-age during a tumultuous time in the history of her native Somalia . . . A thoughtful look at life in an often-misunderstood culture and region." -- Kirkus Reviews

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Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal967.7305/3092

SynopsisA remarkable and inspiring true story that "stuns with raw beauty" about one woman's resilience, her courageous journey to America, and her family's lost way of life. Finalist for the 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nonfiction Award Winner of the 2022 Gold Nautilus Award, Multicultural & Indigenous Category Born in Somalia, a spare daughter in a large family, Shugri Said Salh was sent at age six to live with her nomadic grandmother in the desert. The last of her family to learn this once-common way of life, Salh found herself chasing warthogs, climbing termite hills, herding goats, and moving constantly in search of water and grazing lands with her nomadic family. For Salh, though the desert was a harsh place threatened by drought, predators, and enemy clans, it also held beauty, innovation, centuries of tradition, and a way for a young Sufi girl to learn courage and independence from a fearless group of relatives. Salh grew to love the freedom of roaming with her animals and the powerful feeling of community found in nomadic rituals and the oral storytelling of her ancestors. As she came of age, though, both she and her beloved Somalia were forced to confront change, violence, and instability. Salh writes with engaging frankness and a fierce feminism of trying to break free of the patriarchal beliefs of her culture, of her forced female genital mutilation, of the loss of her mother, and of her growing need for independence. Taken from the desert by her strict father and then displaced along with millions of others by the Somali Civil War, Salh fled first to a refugee camp on the Kenyan border and ultimately to North America to learn yet another way of life. Readers will fall in love with Salh on the page as she tells her inspiring story about leaving Africa, learning English, finding love, and embracing a new horizon for herself and her family. Honest and tender, The Last Nomad is a riveting coming-of-age story of resilience, survival, and the shifting definitions of home.

LC Classification NumberDT407.3.S25A3 2022