i love zami so much. i can understand how you can get bored with that part of lorde's life. the second half is quite different. it moves a little more quickly. above all, i have to give the work/lorde so much respect and admiration for doing/creating something that hadn't been in existence before...

i think what's really interesting in the first part are her mother, language, notions of home, and how those permeate the rest of the book.

i just finished rereading it not too long ago, so if you wanna know what i think about certain parts, i'd be happy to discuss them.

(for me though, it's all about sister outsider.)
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free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves. --marcuse