The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest by Aminatta Forna

The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest

Aminatta Forna

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

416 pages | first published 2002

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Praised as “a shining example of what autobiography can be: harrowing, illuminating and thoughtful” (USA Today), Aminatta Forna’s intensely personal history is a passionate and vivid account of an idyllic childhood which became the stuff of nightm...
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