The Unfortunates: A Novel
Written by J K Chukwu
Narrated by Deanna Anthony
3.5/5
()
About this audiobook
An edgy, bitingly funny debut about a queer, half-Nigerian college sophomore who, enraged and exhausted by the racism at her elite college, is determined to reveal the truth about The Unfortunates—the unlucky subset of Black undergrads who Just. Keep. Disappearing.
Sahara is Not Okay. Entering her sophomore year, she already feels like a failure: her body is too much, her love life is nonexistent, she’s not Nigerian enough for her family, her grades are subpar, and, well, the few Black classmates she has are vanishing—or dying. Sahara herself is close to giving up: depression has been her longtime “Life Partner."" She believes that this narrative—taking the form of an irreverent, no-holds-barred “thesis” addressed to the powerful University Committee that will judge her—may be her last chance to document the Unfortunates' experience before she joins their ranks...But maybe, just maybe, she and her complex community of BIPOC women aren't ready to go out without a fight.
J K Chukwu
J K CHUKWU is a writer and visual artist from the Midwest. She holds an MFA in literary arts from Brown University and was a 2019 Lambda Literary Fellow. Her work has appeared in Black Warrior Review, DIAGRAM, and TAYO Literary Magazine.
Related to The Unfortunates
Related audiobooks
I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Women Could Fly: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Applicant Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jade Is a Twisted Green: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Daughter in Exile: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everything Is Not Enough: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When Trying to Return Home: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mother Country: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rosewater: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Homebodies: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Intangible: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Island of Forgetting: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Even When Your Voice Shakes Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Someday, Maybe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Running to Fall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Night Wherever We Go: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Black Candle Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Buck Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5That Dangerous Energy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Impatient: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All We Left Unsaid Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5None But the Righteous Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Selfless Act of Breathing: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Carmen and Grace: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Patience Is a Subtle Thief: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wade in the Water: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Last Summer on State Street: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5As Real As It Gets Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Literary Fiction For You
Demon Copperhead: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stardust Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: A Hunger Games Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunger Games Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Poisonwood Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yellowface: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bell Jar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tom Lake: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Measure: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Parable of the Sower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Covenant of Water Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Kindred Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dutch House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Picture of Dorian Gray: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House in the Cerulean Sea Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Name of the Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Road Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Overstory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hate U Give Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Their Eyes Were Watching God Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of The Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Unfortunates
4 ratings0 reviews