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The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
by Helene Cooper
An excellent memoir that is not only personal and deeply moving, but the author also provides significant historical background on Liberia. The author explores her family's history as it is interwoven directly with the history of the country and its founding. However, she also recognizes her privilege throughout and the discrepancy between her reality and that of her "foster sister" Eunice.
Her tale is a coming-of-age, told through her adolescence in Liberia, but then as a young adult in the US coming to terms with her history and her return to her homeland, both physically and emotionally.
A wonderfully honest and informative memoir.
Her tale is a coming-of-age, told through her adolescence in Liberia, but then as a young adult in the US coming to terms with her history and her return to her homeland, both physically and emotionally.
A wonderfully honest and informative memoir.