Hi everyone!
We are now traveling to Freetown, Sierra Leone through the book "The Memory of Love" by Aminatta Forna.
Here's a Book Summary:
Since
its publication in hardcover, Aminatta Forna’s The Memory of Love has
been hailed as a book of rare beauty and importance, and has been
shortlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction and selected for the
January 2011 Indie Next List. With astounding depth and elegance, it
takes the reader through the haunting atmosphere of a country at war,
delicately intertwining the powerful stories of two generations.
In
contemporary Freetown, a devastating civil war has left an entire
populace with secrets to keep. In the capital hospital Kai, a gifted
young surgeon is plagued by demons that are beginning to threaten his
livelihood. Elsewhere in the hospital lies Elias Cole, a man who has
stories to tell from the country’s turbulent postcolonial years that are
far from heroic. As past and present intersect, Kai and Elias are drawn
unwittingly closer by Adrian, a British psychiatrist with good
intentions, and into the path of one woman at the center of their
stories.
We will be meeting in the SoMA area, near Market street at The Roastery on Saturday May 10 at 1pm (DATE AND TIME DIFFERS FROM USUAL TIME).
Next Book to Read:
June - Mayada, Daughter of Iraq by Jean Sasson
