The summer before eighth grade my counselor at the Noyes Camp for Modern Dance found The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia by Harry W. French at the public library in Provincetown for me. Though I like just about any story about ...
Finalist for the 2020 National Jewish Book Awards In this dazzling work of historical fiction, the Man Booker International–long-listed author of War and Turpentine reconstructs the tragic story of a medieval noblewoman who leaves her ...
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A young Shona girl escapes an arranged marriage by converting to Christianity, becoming a servant and student to an African Evangelical.
A young Shona girl escapes an arranged marriage by converting to Christianity, becoming a servant and student to an African Evangelical.
In this startlingly contemporary novel, Hertmans follows in her footsteps as the lovers flee through France together, pursued by crusading knights, and recounts her dazzling journey full of love and hardship, courage and hate, as she ...
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The Convert
The Convert, however is no schematic sociological tract. It deals with the conflicting imperatives in 21st century West Africa, which push ordinary people into extraordinary situations, and provides no easy solutions to the issues raised.
Reminiscent of Jane Austen and foreshadowing the work of Virginia Woolf, The Convert is a fascinating novel. It provides us with a sense of history and a feeling of pride in what women could and did accomplish.
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