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This novel takes the reader on a journey into contemporary Tanzanian life in an honest and unsentimental way, from the bustling towns to its vast, dangerous wilderness. Set in Tanzania, Nothing Is Wrong follows the lives of three people living on the fringes of society: a wayward vagrant, a curious Tanzanian girl, and Sal, a young American woman suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from the war in Afghanistan. As their lives come together, their unlikely relationships grow until an act of violence triggers events that upturn their lives and send Sal on the run into the harsh wilderness of the Tanzanian interior. Despite the violence and pain they all face, the three are somehow able to find in each other compassion, light, and perhaps a second chance at a better life.Nothing Is Wrong demonstrates the challenges faced by women veterans suffering from their time in combat, an issue widely overlooked. Its characters are diverse, both in b

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First time in paperback. A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice selection, a Fall 2015 Indies Introduce title, and Library Journal Fall Best Debut A lyrical and brutally honest debut novel of modern Africa that evokes J. M. Coetzee’s Life & Times of Michael K and Aminatta Forna’s The Memory of Love. Focuses on contemporary issues in Africa, like refugees and the dispossessed and the balance between humans and the wilderness. Stories about Africa are popular now, and this is by an American who has been in Tanzania for 20 years.

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