"Sarah Erdman's voice rings with a distinct and refreshing intimacy....This book is simply about people and their stories. In the joys and failures of daily routines in a small African village, she finds life itself."--Peter Hessler, author of Rivertown
"Exemplary...The writing has the narrative pulse of good fiction, and is as absorbing."--Norman Rush, author of Mortals
"Sarah Erdman has been blessed with these gifts: a fervent curiosity, a generous heart, a lightly self-mocking manner, and a fluent and poetic language...A vivid, at turns hilarious, at turns terrifying, important, and beautiful book."--Melissa Fay Greene, author of Praying for Sheetrock
"It is rare to be so completely transported to another land....[Erdman’s] powers of observation, her prose, and her daring are truly Orwellian."--Abraham Verghese, author of My Own Country
