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Ancestor Stones

A Novel

Aminatta Forna
3
(2)
Pages
336
Year
2014
Language
English

About

When a cousin offers Abie her family's plantation in the West African village of Rofathane in Sierra Leone, she leaves her husband, children, and career in London to reclaim the home she left behind long ago. With the help of her four aunts-Asana, Mariama, Hawa, and Serah-Abie begins a journey to uncover the past of her family and her home country, buried among the neglected coffee plants. From rivalries between local chiefs and religious leaders to arranged marriages, manipulative unions, traditional desires, and modern advancements, Abie's aunts weave a tale of a nation's descent into chaos-and their own individual struggles to claim their destiny.

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"This is [Forna's] first novel, but it is too sophisticated to read like one."
The Guardian

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