The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura

In this gripping and complexly plotted novel of the African diaspora and repressed trauma over generations, award-winning Guinean author Tierno Monenembo, provides the reader with an indelible portrait in the title character who is forced into exile in France after a series of violent events. Through encounters with mysterious "allies' and protectors in her new home of Paris takes the reader into her tragic and dark past that mirrors that of thousands who lived in terror during the notorious regime of Sekou Touré.