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Wayétu Moore recounts her early life in Monrovia, Liberia, where, at age five, she celebrated her birthday with her father and grandmother while feeling the absence of her mother working in New York. When civil war erupts, the family braves a three‑week escape on foot to the village of Lai, then is smuggled across the border into Sierra Leone by a rebel soldier. Their reunion and subsequent journey across continents bring them to the United States, where Moore reflects on the challenges of refugee life and the bonds that carry her through hardship.
First publish date: 2020
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Wayétu Moore
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