Loved itI appreciate how well crafted the story is and how deeply interesting it is as far as 1960s, 70s, and , the stuff that was going on in the world and anyway, it's action-packed, it's interesting, it's vivid.
The darling (2004)
Others: Positive Having fled to West Africa in the late 1970s for her work as a political radical, Hannah Musgrave befriends notorious former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who years later leads a rebellion that threatens Hannah's family.
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- 9780060197353
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- 391 pages
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