Anne Rabinovitch Boeken

When Alexandra ("Bo") Fuller visited her parents in Zambia for Christmas, she inquired about a nearby banana farmer known as a "tough bugger." Her father's warning to avoid him—"Curiosity scribbled the cat"—didn't deter her from forming an unusual friendship with K, a white African and Rhodesian war veteran. In her beautifully crafted prose, Fuller explores this complex relationship. K is a man of contradictions: a tattooed, battle-scarred figure, both feral and resilient, yet also a born-again Christian who weeps over his failed romances and is haunted by memories of war. His experiences were brutal, marked by racial conflict, jungle battles, and the suffering of innocents, leaving him with blood on his hands. Together, Fuller and K embark on a journey through Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique to revisit war scenes and meet fellow veterans. This journey into the past is filled with somber reflections and unexpected humor. Fuller's narrative offers an unbiased, unsentimental view of men grappling with their wartime actions and the struggle to reconcile with their pasts. Through these men, she provides insight into life in Africa, a land fraught with challenges that make its inhabitants both hardened and vulnerable. The book presents a haunting exploration of war, Africa, and the fragile boundaries of sanity.

Pulitzer Prize winning-author Geraldine Brooks transports the reader to 1660s Martha's Vineyard and Cambridge to tell the dramatic tale of the intertwined destinies of Caleb Cheshahteaumuck, the first Native American to graduate from Harvard, and Bethia Mayfield, a young woman who is struggling to find her own place in the world even as she helps enable Caleb to cross from his world into hers.

Harriet Cleve Dufresnes groeit op in een stadje in Mississippi. Ze is geobsedeerd door de moord op haar negen jaar oudere broer, Robin. Hij werd aangetroffen in de tuin, opgehangen aan een boom, toen Harriet nog een baby was. De moordenaar is nooit gevonden, en de familie heeft het verlies nooit kunnen verwerken. Met een vader die er niet is en een moeder verlamd door verdriet, is Harriet overgeleverd aan de welwillendheid van haar oude tantes, van Ida, de zwarte huishoudster, en aan haar eigen verbeelding. In de zomer van haar twaalfde levensjaar besluit Harriet de moordenaar van Robin te vinden en zich te wreken.