In The Shadow of 10,000 Hills

By: Jennifer Haupt

Published April 1st 2018 by Central Avenue Publishing

Category: Biography

Pages: 384 pages

ISBN: 9781771681339

Description:
Follow the intertwining stories of three women from diverse backgrounds, all searching for family and personal peace in post-genocide Rwanda. At the heart of this inspiring novel that bestselling author Wally Lamb calls "an evocative page-turner" and Caroline Leavitt calls "blazingly original" is the discovery of grace when there can be no forgiveness.

InÊ1968, Lillian Carlson left Atlanta, disillusioned and heartbroken, after the assassinationÊof Martin Luther King. She foundÊmeaning in the hearts of orphaned AfricanÊchildren and cobbled together her own small orphanage in the Rift Valley alongsideÊtheÊlush forests of Rwanda.

ThreeÊdecades later, in New York, Rachel Shepherd, lost and heartbroken herself,Êembarks on a journey to find the father whoÊabandoned her as a young child,Êdetermined to solve the enigma of Henry Shepherd, a now-famous photographer.

When an online searchÊturns up a clue to his whereabouts, Rachel travels to Rwanda to connect with anÊunsuspecting andÊuncooperative Lillian. While Rachel tries to unravel theÊmystery of her father's disappearance, she finds unexpected allies in an ex-pat doctor running from his past and a young Tutsi woman who lived through a profound experience alongside herÊfather.