Three Strong Women

Three Strong WomenA New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2012 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 Longlisted for The 2014 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award From Marie NDiaye, the first black woman to win the Prix Goncourt, a harrowing and beautiful novel of the travails of West African immigrants in France. The story of three women who say no: Norah, a French born lawyer who finds herself in Senegal, summoned by her estranged father

and they're not just for designers

in the wake of his father's harrowing and unexpected death

and she amassed a jewellery box with more diamonds than Marie Antoinette's

Emma has been trying to solve the mystery of Sutton's death

obsessed with the idea that Madeleine is destined to be his mate

"Remember Me

or the ‘healthies’ from whom the twins must be locked away

The expedition expects to find physical destruction but they are quite unprepared for the moral degradation they meet

is drawn into the maelstrom of events

But now they're fighting

and Ethan’s to blame

She bullied senior colleagues and she set in motion the poll tax