Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head: Poems by Warsan Shire Nonfiction ” —Sam Sacks

” —Sam Sacks

The Pretender brings to life the little-known story of Lambert Simnel

” She described the sessions in a journal she created for her husband

Jay’s odyssey also broadens a narrative that might otherwise have become fatally introspective or

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head: Poems by Warsan Shire Nonfiction ” —Sam SacksPoems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncs Lemonade and Black Is King, award winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire. Mama, I made it out of your home alive, raised by the voices in my head. With her first full length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, makes her own way toward womanhood. Drawing from her own life, as well as