A Place in the World (by Malcolm Frierson)
Set in Ghana, Baltimore, and rural Georgia, this stunning debut novel unfolds as a tragic tale of love and family life. Kwame is a brilliant, nationalistic university professor, and Abena (Evelyn), a smart, dedicated elementary school teacher. The couple leaves the U.S. and lives near Accra for a year to adopt Kofi, a little boy who becomes the center of their life back home. But after divorcing, Kwame marries Layla, his passionate grad student with a shocking secret, and a reborn Evelyn enters interracial marriage to Brian. Caught between his parents' conflicts, a teenage Kofi strives to find himself while battling the dangerous voices in his mind.
$18.00
- Publisher:
- Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers
- Year:
- 2011
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 144
- ISBN:
- 0983115176, 978-0983115175
