Title: The dragons, the giant, the women : a memoir /
Authors: Moore, Wayétu,
Year: 2020
Subjects: Moore, Wayétu; Moore, Wayétu Childhood and youth.; Refugees Liberia History Biography.; Immigrants United States Biography; Liberian Americans Biography.; African Americans Biography; Families Liberia Biography.; Authors Biography; African Americans; Authors; Families; Immigrants; Liberian Americans; Refugees; Liberia History Refugees.; Liberia; United States
Abstract: "When Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, but all she can think about is how much she misses her mother, who is working and studying in faraway New York. Before she gets the reunion her father promised her, war breaks out in Liberia. The family is forced to flee their home on foot, walking and hiding for three weeks until they arrive in the village of Lai. Finally, a rebel soldier smuggles them across the border to Sierra Leone, reuniting the family and setting them off on yet another journey, this time to the United States"--Publisher's description.