“These motocross bikes are going up and down the streets outside their houses because normally they'd have somewhere to go, now they've nowhere to go.”
For some, life is an inherited ache to leave Vietnam and half-remembered stories and unprocessed feelings embodied in what their grandparents said, or didn’t say, about the past.
Melatu is from Nigeria and has been living in Ireland for over 12 years. She has an M.Phil. in creative writing from Trinity College, Dublin, and has had works published in numerous anthologies.
