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set In Liberia And The United States From 1975 Through 1991, the Darling Is The Story Of Hannah Musgrave, A Political Radical And Member Of The Weather Underground.
hannah Flees America For West Africa, Where She And Her Liberian Husband Become Friends Of The Notorious Warlord And Ex-president, Charles Taylor. Hannah's Encounter With Taylor Ultimately Triggers A Series Of Events Whose Momentum Catches Hannah's Family In Its Grip And Forces Her To Make A Heartrending Choice.
the New York Times - Mary Gordon
the Darling Is Not A Perfect Book -- Its Very Expansiveness Of Vision And Range Make That Almost Impossible -- But It Is Admirable, Compelling, Always Surprising And Never Cliched. At The End Of His Chronicle, Banks Takes A Daring Last Step Of Reminding Us That, Despite What She Has Witnessed, Hannah Is One Of The Privileged Of The Earth, ''an American Darling,'' Whose Story, After The Planes Went Into The Towers, ''could Have No Significance In T
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