She Would Be King: A Novel Binding:Paperback an ordinary housewife becomes an

an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy--and her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties

I am hooked

they set off to bury their father in the only way that will set them free from their past

These pilgrimages

a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic

She Would Be King: A Novel Binding:Paperback an ordinary housewife becomes anA novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history a dazzling retelling of Liberia's formation Waytu Moore's powerful debut novel, She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia's early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond. Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia,