HEART OF OUR BLOOD (English Edition)

Similar to the fabulous novel, The Lovely Bones, Njeri is spirit given voice, albeit suspended between the juxtaposed worlds of life and death. Njeri’s parents are the American, Tony Kilmer, and the Rwandan, Koumba Umuyagasana. Njeri eases from the present to the past, giving insight to both how Tony and Koumba met and to the incredible ravages of war. Tony and Koumba are not omniscient: When Tony had visited his collegiate friend, Mukiti Umuyagasana, Koumba’s father, in Rwanda, he didn’t expect to leave behind the fragile country with unexpected consequences; Koumba would never coerce Tony into marrying her, too much Tutsi pride there. When war irrupts against the Tutsi and their sympathizers, what will happen to Mukiti? To Koumba? If she telephones Tony, will he offer a generous and obliging heart?