"Among Cooper's aims in becoming a journalist were to reveal the
atrocities committed in her native country. With amazing
forthrightness, she has done so, delivering an eloquent, if
painful, history of the African migratory experience." -- "Ms".
Magazine
"Helene Cooper's memoir is a remarkable page-turner: gripping,
perceptive, sometimes hilarious, and always moving. Her keen eye,
fierce honesty, and incisive intelligence open a window on war-torn
Liberia, America, and the stunning challenge of a life that
straddles these deeply intertwined societies." -- Jeffrey D. Sachs,
special adviser to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and author of
The End of Poverty
"The tragedy of Liberia -- the most American of all the African
tragedies -- is brought painfully to life in Helene Cooper's
memoir. Her work is an antidote to statistics and headlines and the
blur of Africa's sorrows, a reminder that history and war proceed
one family at a time, one person at a time. They are never
abstract, always personal." -- Arthur Phillips, author of "Prague",
"The Egyptologist", and "Angelica"
"You must read Cooper's wildly tender memoir. It's that rarest of
things, a personal story that transcends the people, the place, the
world it is talking about and becomes a universal tale about the
thousands of segregations, small and large, subtle and obvious,
that shred all of us. It is beautifully written, utterly
unself-conscious, and without a hint of self-pity. Cooper has an
un-failing ear for language and a poet's tender heart. A powerful,
important book that will teach you not only something about war and
love, race and power, loss and hope, but also a great deal about
yourself." -- Alexandra Fuller, author of "Don't Let's Go to the
Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood" and "The Legend of Colton H.
Bryant"
"Rendered with aching nostalgia and wonderful language -- is a
voyage of return, through which the author seeks to recover the
past and to find that missing sister, even as the war deepens over
the years to come. Elegant and eloquent, and full of news from
places about which we know too little." -- "Kirkus" (Starred
review)
"You "must" read Cooper's wildly tender memoir. It's that rarest of
things, a personal story that transcends the people, the place, the
world it is talking about and becomes a universal tale about the
thousands of segregations, small and large, subtle and obvious,
that shred all of us. It is beautifully written, utterly
unself-conscious, and without a hint of self-pity. Cooper has an
un-failing ear for language and a poet's tender heart. A powerful,
important book that will teach you not only something about war and
love, race and power, loss and hope, but also a great deal about
yourself." -- ALEXANDRA FULLER, author of "Don't Let's Go to the
Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood" and "The Legend of Colton H.
Bryant"
"Among Cooper's aims in becoming a journalist were to reveal the
atrocities committed in her native country. With amazing
forthrightness, she has done so, delivering an eloquent, if
painful, history of the African migratory experience." -- "Ms".
Magazine
"Helene Cooper's memoir is a remarkable page-turner: gripping,
perceptive, sometimes hilarious, and always moving. Her keen eye,
fierce honesty, and incisive intelligence open a window on war-torn
Liberia, America, and the stunning challenge of a life that
straddles these deeply intertwined societies." -- Jeffrey D. Sachs,
special adviser to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and author of
The End of Poverty
"The tragedy of Liberia -- the most American of all the African
tragedies -- is brought painfully to life in Helene Cooper's
memoir. Her work is an antidote to statistics and headlines and the
blur of Africa's sorrows, a reminder that history and war proceed
one family at a time, one person at a time. They are never
abstract, always personal." -- Arthur Phillips, author of "Prague",
"The Egyptologist", and "Angelica"
"You must read Cooper's wildly tender memoir. It's that rarest of
things, a personal story that transcends the people, the place, the
world it is talking about and becomes a universal tale about the
thousands of segregations, small and large, subtle and obvious,
that shred all of us. It is beautifully written, utterly
unself-conscious, and without a hint of self-pity. Cooper has an
un-failing ear for language and a poet's tender heart. A powerful,
important book that will teach you not only something about war and
love, race and power, loss and hope, but also a great deal about
yourself." -- Alexandra Fuller, author of "Don't Let's Go to the
Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood" and "The Legend of Colton H.
Bryant"
"Rendered with aching nostalgia and wonderful language -- is a
voyage of return, through which the author seeks to recover the
past and to find that missing sister, even as the war deepens over
the years to come. Elegant and eloquent, and full of news from
places about which we know too little." -- "Kirkus" (Starred
review)
"You "must" read Cooper's wildly tender memoir. It's that rarest of
things, a personal story that transcends the people, the place, the
world it is talking about and becomes a universal tale about the
thousands of segregations, small and large, subtle and obvious,
that shred all of us. It is beautifully written, utterly
unself-conscious, and without a hint of self-pity. Cooper has an
un-failing ear for language and a poet's tender heart. A powerful,
important book that will teach you not only something about war and
love, race and power, loss and hope, but also a great deal about
yourself." -- ALEXANDRA FULLER, author of "Don't Let's Go to the
Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood" and "The Legend of Colton H.
Bryant"
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