This book was amazing because it was a true story about Africa and more specifically, Liberia. Helene Cooper tells her childhood story of a privileged family who have it all until her loving Father divorces her Mother and her country falls apart. Much of her family was able to flee to America except her adopted sister. This story begins when she was a spoiled child and ends in her attempt to find her long lost sister as an adult. It was truly an amazing story.

This amazing book is Long and one of those “you can’t put down!” It has a lot of characters, mystery, history, gardens, and it was the BEST! You will not solve the mystery of who Nell’s real parents are until the very end.