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Seventeen years back, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution for a fresh start in america. Now he finds himself owning a failing supermarket in an unhealthy African-American portion of Washington, D.C., his only companions two fellow African immigrants who share his bitter nostalgia and desiring his home continent. Years back and worlds away Sepha could never have imagined a life of such isolation. As his environment starts to improve, hope will come in the form of the friendship with new neighbors Judith and Naomi, a white woman and her biracial daughter. But when some racial incidents disturbs the city, Sepha may lose everything yet again.
Watch a QuickTime interview with Dinaw Mengestu concerning this book.