Aminatta Forna





Aminatta Forna

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Glasgow, The United Kingdom

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Born in Glasgow, raised in Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom and now divides her time between London and Sierra Leone


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Average rating: 3.74 · 620 ratings · 178 reviews · 7 distinct works
The Memory of Love
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 348 ratings10 editions
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The Devil That Danced on the W...
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions
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Ancestor Stones: A Novel
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 145 ratings8 editions
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Le Pietre Degli Avi
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007
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Mother Of All Myths
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions
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Les Jardins Des Femmes
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008
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Abies Steine
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“If you want to know a country, read its writers.”
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“When you do nothing, what do your children inherit? They inherit, nothing.”
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The Seasonal Read...: 15. 1 (Independently Speaking) 55 180 Mar 19, 2010 04:08pm  
Bookish: Africa 16 93 Jan 07, 2011 01:40pm  
Literary Fiction ...: "The Memory of Love" Makes Orange Prize Longlist 7 31 May 22, 2011 09:25am  
The Seasonal Read...: Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS) 2898 707 May 31, 2011 09:01pm  
Reading with Style: Reading w/Style Completed Tasks - Spring 2011 931 146 May 31, 2011 09:15pm  
Around the World ...: Sierra Leone 2 4 Aug 15, 2011 06:06pm  
The Feminist Read...: What Books by Female Authors are You Reading Now? 117 35 Sep 05, 2011 05:40pm  
Polska / Poland: Co teraz czytacie? 312 428 Nov 30, 2011 01:32pm  
Paranormal Addict...: Diane's 2011 Reading Challeges 23 96 Jan 01, 2012 09:40am  


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