The good braider
By: by Terry Farish
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780761462675; 9780761462682
Subjects: History; Sudanese Americans; Mothers and daughters; Immigrants; Refugees; Fiction
Description: Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a timeline of Sudan.