The Garden of Burning Sand
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (504 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00LSX49A0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 179 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Worth the read" according to lucia. I have read all three books by Corban Addison and am always impressed at the writing and the story.I hate reading reviews that tell you the story. I like to find out myself, so here goes my review.The book takes you into the heart of the issue at hand. It grips your heart and gives you the view of several characters. If Corban Addison writes another book, I will be the first to buy it.Please read his other two Both worth the read.Thank you Corban Addison for taking me on this adventure.. Enjoyed his rather unusual book Enjoyed his rather unusual book. Took place in Zambia to begin with and had a subject seldom written about. It was a good story and I am sure parts of it were factual.. "The African heartbeat" according to mike mcnamara. The truth will set one free. Despite all the corruption, Africa has a heartbeat of hope and reconciliation and Mandela
--Stephanie Zvirin . From Booklist As Zoe Fleming awaits her summons to address the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, she recalls the circumstances that brought her to this place, an experience that has put her at public odds with her estranged father, a presidential candidate. Zoe’s compassion and emotional connection with the child, an orphan with Down syndrome named Kuyeya, incited an anger that had been simmering in her for years, and she joined forces with the cop to find the rapist. Addison’s human rights agenda tends to overwhelm his story, but in dealing bluntly with crucial issues such as rape, AIDS, superstition, and poverty, he effectively touches the consciousness of his readers. While working in Zambia as a lawyer for a nonprofit agency combating human rights abuses, Zoe accompanied a police officer to interview a girl found raped and wandering the streets. Whether she is as passionate about mending her rela
Corban Addison is the international bestselling author of A Walk Across the Sun, The Garden of Burning Sand, and The Tears of Dark Water,which won the 2016 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Award. He lives with his wife and children in Virginia. An attorney, activist, and world traveler, he is a supporter of humanitarian
As they are drawn deeper into the complex web of characters behind this appalling crime, Zoe and Joseph forge a bond of trust and friendship that slowly transforms into love. Opposed on all sides, they find themselves caught in a dangerous clash between the forces of justice and power. The New York Times bestselling author John Hart raved that "If you like stories of good people struggling to do right in the world's forgotten places, there is no one better suited than Corban Addison to take you on the ride of your life." In The Garden of Burning Sand, Addison, the bestselling author of A Walk Across the Sun, creates a powerful and poignant novel that takes the reader from the red light areas of Lusaka, Zambia, to the gilded chambers of the Washington, D.C. Piecing together clues from the victim's past, they discover an unsettling connection between the girl--Kuyeya--and a powerful Zambian family who will stop at nothing to bury the truth. When a young girl with Down syndrome is sexually assaulted in a Lusaka slum, Zoe joins Zambian police officer Joseph Kabuta in investigating the rape. Zoe Fleming, an accomplished young human rights attorney, has made