Adua is a Somali immigrant to Italy who has lived there for many decades. Her father has died and the family home has come to her, and she must decide whether to go back to Somalia and claim it or not. A gripping, sometimes humorous, and altogether captivating story of both Adua, and that of her father, Zoppe. It blends past and present into an intimate tale of family, war, de-colonization, and immigration—a tale that lingers in one's thoughts after one has turned the last page.

This is a fine addition to anyone's reading related to the Africa diaspora. ( )