Augusta is a twin. Her sister Julia is the oldest twin. Augusta took that long to be be born that sisters were born on different months and different months. They are like chalk and cheese. Augusta has never fitted in, her idea of having fun is reading her dictionary and learning new words. She decides that Burundi is her favourite country and she's eager to find out all she can about it. Meanwhile, in Burundi, Parfait's family have been raped, tortured and killed by soldiers in a horrific civil war. His dreams are to escape but he is also duty bound to look out for his younger siblings.
The story is told over two decades from the 1990's. Augusta was a challenging child. We follow the story of the girls as they move from adolescent into adults. Parfait is desperate to escape from Africa and start anew life with his siblings. The story is told in alternating parts. The stories are beautifully intertwined together. This is a well written story that I was quickly caught up in. This is the authors debut novel.
The story is told over two decades from the 1990's. Augusta was a challenging child. We follow the story of the girls as they move from adolescent into adults. Parfait is desperate to escape from Africa and start anew life with his siblings. The story is told in alternating parts. The stories are beautifully intertwined together. This is a well written story that I was quickly caught up in. This is the authors debut novel.