A very interesting recollection of a family's escape from Liberia, their struggles fitting in their new American home, and all the fractures of the prism inbetween. It feels very much like 3 or 4 stories combined by a uniting topic. The early part of the book is a fascinating look at how a child might interpret a civil war and the violence surrounding her. After the time jump, the story is about what life is like to be dark skinned and a woman in America. And finally everything is tied together at the end. Not all the parts fit together, but it's someone's real life. Who you are at six is essentially a different person than when you're thirty. In real life, not everything is resolved and tied up in a neat narrative bow. It's messy and true.