num_pages: 384
description: Follow the intertwining stories of three women from diverse backgrounds all searching for family and personal peace in post-genocide Rwanda. At the heart of this inspiring novel that bestselling author Wally Lamb calls an evocative page-turner and Caroline Leavitt calls blazingly original is the discovery of grace when there can be no forgiveness.In 1968 Lillian Carlson left Atlanta disillusioned and heartbroken after the assassination of Martin Luther King. She found meaning in the hearts of orphaned African children and cobbled together her own small orphanage in the Rift Valley alongside the lush forests of Rwanda.Three decades later in New York Rachel Shepherd lost and heartbroken herself embarks on a journey to find the father who abandoned her as a young child determined to solve the enigma of Henry Shepherd a now-famous photographer.When an online search turns up a clue to his whereabouts Rachel travels to Rwanda to connect with an unsuspecting and uncooperative Lillian. While Rachel tries to unravel the mystery of her father's disappearance she finds unexpected allies in an ex-pat doctor running from his past and a young Tutsi woman who lived through a profound experience alongside her father.
language: English
title: In The Shadow of 10,000 Hills
publisher: Central Avenue Publishing