Nomad Diaries: Life, War and America - Softcover

Maxamuud, Yasmeen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1468106619 ISBN 13: 9781468106619

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

The corridors of Cedar Springs Luxury Apartments hold many secrets. If you were to peek into the lives of Somali refugees who call this notorious run-down high-rise home, you will find all that eighteen years of civil war has produced. Strong-willed women dealing with language barriers, hardships, and a new country called America where everything is vastly different from what they were used to, Americanized children and polygamous husbands.   Nomad Diaries is an endearing, heartbreaking story of loss, despair, and family bonds tested by the destruction of a country. Nomad Diaries examines the human condition at its weakest. It's the epitome of life and loss at the crossroads of a new beginning. Nomad Diaries shows that even in the darkest of obstacles in the end there is light and survival; support from surprising places and the power of forgiveness, friendship and listening.

About this title

About the Author:

Yasmeen Maxamuud is a writer who began writing to tell the stories of the Somali Diaspora community in America. Influenced by a rich poetic culture and the vivid stories of women, Yasmeen began eavesdropping on women gatherings where women leisurely exchanged stories. This constant curiosity, coupled with an African tradition of nightly story telling, has had a lasting effect on the way her stories are woven together to capture the aroma, texture and layers that mark her unique story telling.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1468106619
• ISBN 13: 9781468106619
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 410