Simple prose that breathed with life and rendered the impacts of colonization in the present tangible. While I did struggle a bit with the pace and organization of it (I kind of wish it was just told chronologically, but it wasn’t bad, either). I loved the characters and the strong sense of place, and it was also a book where you could tell immense care was taken in the translation of it. So glad this book came on my radar, it covered a time and place I’m not familiar with and did so very compellingly!