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Esther is a Ugandan teenager abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army and forced to witness and commit unspeakable atrocities, who is struggling to survive, to escape, and to find a way to live with what she has seen and done. Jane is an American journalist who has traveled to Africa, hoping to give a voice to children like Esther and to find her center after a series of failed relationships. In unflinching prose, Susan Minot interweaves their stories.
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"Dreamlike?Though the shifting narratives start out highlighting the stark contrasts between the two worlds, they eventually collide as violence enters the privileged white enclave?A deeply affecting title that manages to express weighty sentiments and horrific events with subtlety and poetry."
Library Journal (starred review)
"Spellbinding Minot, a writer of exquisite perception and nuance, contrasts Esthers and Janes radically different, yet profoundly transforming journeys in a perfectly choreographed, slow-motion, devastatingly revealing collision of realities. So sure yet light is Minot's touch in this master work, so piercing yet respectful her insights into suffering and strength, that she dramatizes horrific tru
Booklist (starred review)
"With brilliantly effective understatement, the novel conveys Esthers complex psychological evolution-the emotional blankness that allows her to survive horrendous experiences, as well as the feelings of shame and guilt that threaten to overwhelm her at times."
Publishers Weekly