All Your Children, Scattered

What prevents physical oppression from transforming into spiritual degradation? “ All Your Children, Scattered” grapples with this question by focusing on how one family was impacted by Rwandan genocide. Their history encompasses rifts, survival and healing. Their stories alternate and swirl through......more

I heard the author speak at AKE LITERARY FESTIVAL and I had to go purchase her book. Truly a moving story about mother-daughter relationship and what it means to be othered.......more

It's very tough for me to give feedback for this novel. My thoughts are conflicted. The poetic nature of the writing is a choice that for me completely obliterated the realities of the Rwandan civil war. I'm struggling with it. It has made me consider the ways people heal from such senseless horrifi......more

Un très bel ouvrage sur la transmission, la douleur, la vie. L’écriture est maîtrisée et sensible. Un roman bouleversant pour comprendre l’irréparable. Une voix à entendre!......more

Un esordio potente e incisivo. La cornice è quella del genocidio dei tutsi in Ruanda, la guerra civile, il sangue, la fuga (l'esilio) e i legami famigliari che si sfilacciano e poi si riannodano. Come spesso avviene in romanzi di stampo post-coloniale una delle tematiche centrali della vicenda è l'ide......more