Jonas, fresh from a failed marriage, is desperate to make sense of the ties that have forged him. How can he dream of a future when he can't make sense of his past? He hits the road, tracing the route that his parents - young Ethiopians in search of an identity as an American couple - took thirty y[...]

Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian revolution after his father was killed. His life now is quiet, as he spends his days serving the few customers he has in his general store in a rundown Washington, DC neighbourhood. This book presents the story of his longing for the American dream and of the tenac[...]

In Uganda, two young men get caught up in a revolt against the post-colonial regime in the early 1970s. As the line between idealism and violence becomes increasingly blurred, the friends are driven apart - one of them into the deepest peril. In a quiet town in the American Midwest, an exotic strang[...]

A "beautifully written"* ("New York Times Book Review") novel of redemption by a prize-winning international literary star.From the acclaimed author of "The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears" comes a heartbreaking literary masterwork about love, family, and the power of imagination.Following the de[...]