Little Mother A Novel
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780253222961
Description: When civil war erupts in Somalia, cousins Domenica Axad and Barni are separated and forced to flee the country. Barni manages to eke out a living in Rome, where she works as an obstetrician. Domenica wanders Europe in a painful attempt to reunite her broken family and come to terms with her past. After ten years, the two women reunite.