The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper

The House at Sugar Beach is an astonishing and moving memoir about growing up in Liberia during a violent civil war. In this Helene Cooper relates her early years living at the Sugar Beach estate in Liberia until a coup détat drove her mother, sister and her to America, where they attempted to fit in. The story is a sprawling, epic tale of struggle and survival in the face of adversity, and Cooper relates it with a genuine and emotional voice. As Coopers tale unfolds, her intimate reading draws listeners into the family as their journey begins. Cooper may not read with a lot of frills and thrills in her somber voice, but the experience is affecting and indelible.