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When Bella discovers that her half‑brother, a Somali man, has been murdered by political extremists in Mogadishu, she is in Rome. A world‑renowned fashion photographer, she navigates a complicated personal life with multiple lovers while feeling an unfamiliar surge of responsibility for her teenage niece and nephew, whose mother abandoned them years ago.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Family & Domestic Fiction/Parenthood & Family Fiction
Authors: Nuruddin Farah
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