The Darling
β Scribed by Russell Banks
- Publisher
- HarperCollins;Harper Perennial
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 311 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Set in Liberia and the United States from 1975 through 1991, The Darling is the story of Hannah Musgrave, a political radical and member of the Weather Underground.
Hannah flees America for West Africa, where she and her Liberian husband become friends of the notorious warlord and ex-president, Charles Taylor. Hannah's encounter with Taylor ultimately triggers a series of events whose momentum catches Hannah's family in its grip and forces her to make a heartrending choice.
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