The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781644450314)

FINALIST FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY

An engrossing memoir of escaping the First Liberian Civil War and building a life in the United States

When Way tu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, but all she can think about is how much she misses her mother, who is working and studying in faraway New York. Before she gets the reunion her father promised her, war breaks out in Liberia. The family is forced to flee their home on foot, walking and hiding for three weeks until they arrive in the village of Lai. Finally, a rebel soldier smuggles them across the border to Sierra Leone, reuniting the family and setting them off on yet another journey, this time to the United States.

Spanning this harrowing journey in Moore's early childhood, her years adjusting to life in Texas as a black woman and an immigrant, and her eventual return to Liberia, The Dragons, the Giant, the Women is a deeply moving story of the search for home in the midst of upheaval. Moore has a novelist's eye for suspense and emotional depth, and this unforgettable memoir is full of imaginative, lyrical flights and lush prose. In capturing both the hazy magic and the stark realities of what is becoming an increasingly pervasive experience, Moore shines a light on the great political and personal forces that continue to affect many migrants around the world, and calls us all to acknowledge the tenacious power of love and family.

Author: Way騁u Moore
ISBN-10: 1644450313
ISBN-13: 9781644450314
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Language: English
Published: 06/02/2020
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2020
Publishers Weekly 05/04/2020
Library Journal 06/01/2020 pg. 92
Booklist 06/01/2020 pg. 23