The word terroir refers to the climate and soil in which something is grown.
In this essay collection, Natasha Saj applies this idea to people and their relationships, exploring in particular how the immigrant experience has shaped her identity.
As she revisits people and literature across her life, she plumbs the language through the lens of place, which becomes a powerful, grounding motif: her experiences as the child of European refugees in suburban New Jersey, taken under the wing a widow.
Motif | Her experiences as the child of |
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