{"product_id":"ancestor-stones-aminatta-forna-9780802143211","title":"Ancestor Stones","description":"Aminatta Forna, whose moving and gorgeously written memoir garnered international attention, has seamlessly turned her hand to fiction in \u003ci\u003eAncestor Stones\u003c\/i\u003e a powerful, sensuous novel that beautifully captures Africa's past century and her present, and the legacy that her daughters take with them wherever they live. Abie returns home from England to West Africa to visit her family after years of civil war, and to reclaim the family plantation, Kholifa Estates, formerly owned by her grandfather. There to meet her are her aunts: Asana, Mariama, Hawa, and Serah, and so begins her gathering of the family and the country's history through the tales of her aunts. Asana, lost twin and head wife's daughter. Hawa, motherless child and manipulator of her own misfortune. Mariama, who sees what lies beyond. And Serah, follower of a Western made dream. Set against the backdrop of a nation's descent into chaos, it is the take a family and four women's attempts to alter the course of their own destiny. A wonderful achievement recalling \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/i\u003e, it establishes Aminatta Forna as a gifted novelist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aminatta Forna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802143210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802143211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.52w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/30\/2007 pg. 28","brand":"Aminatta Forna","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992437522687,"sku":"9780802143211","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_831355d8-a4d7-40f5-8c36-5bae16cdf0c1.jpg?v=1683318952","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ancestor-stones-aminatta-forna-9780802143211","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}