Time of the Locust by Morowa Yejide5/26/2023 ![]() One can feel the love that the author has for these flawed characters, the way she wants the reader to understand how they came to be in these situations. Sephris, the autistic boy, who cannot find anyway to relate his distress in the land of air, as he calls it. He is entombed in Black Plains in solitary confinement, a prison with guards and a warden whose sole jobs are to break those within. Hourus, her husband, takes revenge on the death of his father and the ills of his childhood. ![]() ![]() Brenda, a mother of an autistic child, whose husband is in prison, uses food, to her own detriment. The characters were all trapped in some way and the way they choose to alleviate their stress was not healthy. In many ways this is not an easy book to read, the tension at times was unbearable, the darkness seemed unrelenting. This is such a book and unbelievably a first book by an author who has previously published short stories. Every once in a while one is fortunate to come across a book that one knows they will think about for a long time, a book that leaves a lasting impression. ![]()
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