Turkana Girl
Turkana Girl is a novel about the layers of identity — those we inherit, those we construct and those we unearth through loss and discovery. The story takes place in the early nineteen seventies in the stark environs of northern Kenya, where a young, east African tribal girl embarks on an improbable, lifelong journey from a pastoral existence to becoming a renowned authority on human evolution. In her later years, she encounters an ancestral spirit that turns her understanding of family upside down, revealing a long-held secret that reframes her entire existence. 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. Excerpt
The Peddler (a novel) opens in 1932 in Depression-era Appalachia. It is a story of a teenage boy’s struggle to survive on his own in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina, after tragedy strikes his family. As he embarks on a treacherous wintertime journey in search of his missing sister, he encounters numerous obstacles along the way. The Peddler lends meaning to how each and every one of us faces loss and adversity and how both shape our view of the world around us. Excerpt
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