We Need New Names is a wonderful novel by a new voice from Zimbabwe, NoViolet Bulawayo. Bulawayo writes with such direct honesty about growing up in Zimbabwe and then moving to the United States, I was completely transported by this book.

We follow Darling and her friends through their days in their shantytown, the place they came to after their real homes were destroyed. Darling is able to leave to live with her Aunt in America, but always has a sense of being displaced, missing her true home, even though she is never able to return to visit.

Bulawayo writes in a bold new style, a voice all her own, bringing images and ideas, feelings and longings to life on the page. An incredible first novel.