pickOne of my African favourites so far for. These are the memoirs of NYT journalist Helene Cooper, who grows up in #Liberia. When the country falls apart after the coup of 1980, she and her family flee to the US. Her less privileged half sister Eunice stays in a country that for years suffers under crazy dictators who recruit child soldiers and drug them to fight for.. well, for whatever. ⬇️⬇️
#ReadingAfrica2022 ??
BarbaraBB Cooper tries to forget about where she came from, but the Liberian girl within her needs to go back, in search of Eunice. There is so much I never knew about this country, that I have come to love from afar. I‘m in awe of its proud people, always hospitable and dressed up, even on the ruins of civilisation. 3y
BarbaraBB Using this fantastic book for #Booked2022 #WrittenByAJournalist #19822022 #2008 #52BooksIn52weeks #PublishedBySimonSchuster @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft @jenniferw88 (edited) 3y
Cinfhen Wow!!! This sounds WAY BETTER than the book I read for #Liberia![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
She Would Be King: A Novel 3y
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BarbaraBB @Cinfhen It‘s fantastic. So informative in a extremely well written and personal way. 3y
Librarybelle Look at all of those prompts used! 3y
Lcsmcat An incredibly powerful book! 3y
Graywacke Ooh. Glad to see this title. I listened to her book on Liberia‘s inspiring female president, and it was terrific. 3y
sarahbarnes Sounds very good! And I love the lilacs! 3y
BarbaraBB @Lcsmcat @Graywacke Terrific and powerful indeed. I am so glad I discovered it. 3y