num_pages: 391
description: Set in Liberia and the United States from 1975 through 1991, The Darling is the story of Hannah Musgrave, a political radical and member of the Weather Underground.Hannah flees America for West Africa, where she and her Liberian husband become friends of the notorious warlord and ex-president, Charles Taylor. Hannah's encounter with Taylor ultimately triggers a series of events whose momentum catches Hannah's family in its grip and forces her to make a heartrending choice.
language: English
title: The Darling
titlecomplete: The Darling
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Africa, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Liberia, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 2512
places: Liberia
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Audie Award
category: Fiction, Unabridged, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Prix Laure-Bataillon
publisher: Harper Perennial