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Bookreview of Fragments of Tess by Marlene F. Cheng

The first half of the novel renders the reader as confused as the protagonist, before the shards of colourful glass are put together to reveal the beautiful mosaic of Tess, a self-made but shattered woman feeling closer to a stranger than to herself, recounting stories about Native Americans (Cree), Africans (Yoruba from Western Nigeria) and the farm-life of the poor early settlers in Canada.…