Things Are Good Now - Djamila Ibrahim

Category: Adults, Contemporary, General Fiction, Short Story
Language: English
Keywords: Adult Fiction Canada Contemporary Ethiopia Fiction Short Stories Short Story Collection

Written by Djamila Ibrahim
Read by Meghan Swaby
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Set in East Africa, the Middle East, Canada, and the U.S., Things Are Good Now examines the weight of the migrant experience on the human psyche.

In Djamila Ibrahim’s powerful story collection, women, men, and children who’ve crossed continents in search of a better life find themselves struggling with the chaos of displacement and the religious and cultural clashes they face in their new homes. A maid who travelled to the Middle East lured by the prospect of a well-paying job is trapped in the Syrian war. A female ex-freedom fighter immigrates to Canada only to be relegated to cleaning public washrooms and hospital sheets. A disillusioned civil servant struggles to come to grips with his lover’s imminent departure. A young Muslim Canadian woman who’d married her way to California realizes she’s made a mistake.

Things Are Good Now is about remorse and the power of memory, and about the hardships of a post-9/11 reality that labels many as suspicious or dangerous because of their names or skin color alone. Most importantly, it’s about the compromises we make to belong.

Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
Release date: 09-20-22