Kuwana Haulsey, Author . Villard $22.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-375-50557-7
First-time novelist Haulsey explores the complex subject of female circumcision in this harrowing, bleakly beautiful tale of the ultra-traditional Samburu tribe of Kenya. Nineteen-year-old Nasarian is an outsider many times over: not just the "ha
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Kuwana Haulsey, Author . Random/One World $19.95 (340p) ISBN 978-0-375-50870-7
May Edward Chinn (1896–1980), the first black female doctor in New York City, is the inspiration for Haulsey's (The
Red Moon
) stirring second novel. May's mother, Lulu, makes tremendous sacrifices for her talented daughter, working to
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Kuwana Haulsey. Viva (PGW, dist.), $15.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-936740-53-6
Novelist Haulsey (The Red Moon) tells the story of her growing self-awareness through the lens of motherhood in this moving memoir. Awaiting the birth of her first child, the author was inspired by the story of an African tribe that honors its...
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