This stunning debut novel is about the untold stories of four remarkableAfrican women. Abie follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to acoffee pl... » 

This stunning debut novel is about the untold stories of four remarkableAfrican women. Abie follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to acoffee plantation that could now be hers. Thus begins the gathering of herfamilys history through the tales of her four aunts each born to a differentwife of her grandfather. A writer of startling talent... Daily TelegraphAbie Follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to a coffee plantation that now could be hers if she wants it. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the sound of the past but the layers of the year are too many. Thus begins the gathering of her familys history through the tales of her aunts four women born to four different wives of a wealthy plantation owner her grandfather. «