Ancestor Stones

Ancestor Stones
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 367
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ISBN-10 : 9781408825969
ISBN-13 : 1408825961
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Book Synopsis Ancestor Stones by : Aminatta Forna

Download or read book Ancestor Stones written by Aminatta Forna and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abie follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to a coffee plantation that now could be hers if she wants it. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the sound of the past, but the layers of years are too many. Thus begins the gathering of her family's history through the tales of her aunts - four women born to four different wives of a wealthy plantation owner, her grandfather. Asana, Mariama, Hawa and Serah: theirs is the story of a nation, a family and four women's attempts to alter the course of her own destiny.


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