How Hamisu Survived Bad Kidneys and a Bad Son-in-Law: Stories from Nigeria (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781953236234)

The daughter of a slain U.S. reporter travels to war-torn Syria to shoot a documentary on her father's last days. A boy still reeling from the aftershocks of a genocide recovers in time to help his tribe survive yet another wave of attack. A seemingly delusional elderly woman on learning that the boy she loved as a teenager is bedridden, travels with her family to find him, hoping they'll witness, first hand, the healing synergy they share. A frustrated psychologist, resentful of church ministers, goes after a faith healer to expose him as a fraud. These and many more stories, set in third-world countries where the stress levels are high (and the environment can be very hostile), will take you on revelatory journeys into human character.