All Your Children, Scattered

Author(s): Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse

Location(s): France, Rwanda

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Later 20th Century

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AN AWARD WINNING NOVEL FOLLOWING THREE GENERATIONS TORN APART BY THE TUTSI GENOCIDE

Blanche returns to Rwanda after building a life in Bordeaux with her husband and young son, Stokely. Reuniting with her mother Immaculata, old wounds are reopened for both mother and daughter while Stokely, caught between two countries, tries to understand where he comes from and where he belongs.

Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse’s unforgettable debut novel follows three generations torn apart by the genocide against the Tutsis, as they try to reconnect with one another, rebuild broken links and find their place in today’s world.

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Author: Tina Hartas

Blanche is a typical adolescent, trying to make sense of the world. She’s a mixed-race child who doesn’t quite fit in and she has never known her father, so she has additional issues to confront. Then civil war in...

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