Turkana Girl
Turkana Girl opens in 1972 in the stark environs of northern Kenya. It is a story of a young, east African tribal girl who, in her improbable journey from adolescence to becoming a renowned authority on human evolution, encounters an ancestral spirit that turns her understanding of family upside down, revealing a long held secret that reframes her entire existence. Read excerpt.
The Sum of Our Voices
The Sum of Our Voices opens in 1953 Berlin in the early stages of the Cold War. It is a story of identical twins — one a Stasi agent, the other an American journalist — who together conspire to swap identities. In an unexpected turn of events, the agent betrays his brother after authorities catch on to his deceit, but eventually atones for his treachery by plotting to free his twin from East Germany’s feared Hohenschonhausen prison. Read excerpt.
Road To Camp
This is a short story about two teenage brothers on their way to a boy’s camp in Maine during the summer of 1965. It combines moments of humor and more serious and unexpected reflections from the two as they slowly realize they are losing their youthful innocence amidst America’s political and social upheaval of the tumultuous ‘60s. Girls, Vietnam, rock and roll, letters from home and more. Read excerpt.
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