Soren and Ada date for a time, before Ada learns that Soren has been drugging and raping her through the course of their relationship. As Ada's tumultuous childhood morphs into her young adulthood, Ada moves away from Nigeria to the United States, and meets a boy named Soren.
Because Ada inhabits this liminal space, she is considered mad by the human world, exhibiting symptoms of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and a proclivity towards self-harm. The We begin Ada's story, explaining how Ada is the daughter of Ala, the ultimate mother goddess, and therefore is straddled between the human realm and the divine realm. Ada's story is told in retrospect from three perspectives: that of "the We," who are the gods inside of Ada that of Ashughara, one of the gods who breaks free from the collective chorus and that of Ada herself, who struggles to find her individual sense of self amidst the many voices within her. First Edition.įreshwater tells the story of Ada, a Nigerian human who is born with a chorus of divine gods and goddesses within her. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Emezi, Akwaeke.
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