I Hope You Find What You're Looking for

I Hope You Find What You're Looking forThe year is 1991. Eritrea is on the verge of liberation from Ethiopian rule and in Washington, D. C.'s tight knit Eritrean community, change is in the air. Thirteen year old Lydia and her family are grappling with what peace after decades of war might mean for their future, just as they welcome Berekhet a distant cousin newly arrived from Ethiopia to attend medical school in the States. With him comes a barrage of new ideas Lydia must confront for the

Because who better to pry answers from unwilling suspects than a meddlesome aunty

and sheer love" (Kirkus Reviews

having been raised by him from the age of 6

"Gayl Jones's work represents a watershed in American literature

sheltered from the surrounding anarchy

caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions

New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake

It's too late to run

but also his most soulful

It is in this brutal world

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And the only way Gemma can get there is by asking her ex and biggest high-school rival