Coming from the West African village of Lai, a Virginia plantation and Jamaica, three characters meet at the settlement of Monrovia, and it is through their disparate yet connected stories that Wayétu
In the West African village of Lai, red-haired Gbessa is cursed at birth and exiled on suspicion of being a witch.Bitten by a viper and left for dead, she nevertheless survives to discover new life wi
An engrossing memoir of escaping the First Liberian Civil War and building a life in the United StatesWhen Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party
