I bought this book when I read the back of it. I was so eager to read this book, but it really started out TERRIBLE! It dragged on forever! The stupidest thing about this book was the glossary of African words. I really don't feel like looking in the back of a novel to find out what "durdur" means in English. I loaned this book to the library, figuring that they would need it more than I did. I would NEVER recommend this stupid thing to ANYONE!!!