“For those of you who like to explore other cultures and other places, this story of a 12-year-old girl whose family struggles to survive in a Nigerian village that has been colonized by Western oilfields is a MUST READ. Blessing, the child narrator, has been torn from her father and her modern life in Lagos and forced to learn village life with her mother’s family. The lessons she learns, both bitter and sweet— as her brother gets swept up in violence and her grandmother takes her on as an apprentice midwife —are valuable to the reader as well as to the book’s characters. This should make a wonderful book club selection!” – Andy, University of Oregon Duck Store, Eugene
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Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away by Christie Watson
June 27, 2011