Alma F. Scott Fitzgerald New Zealand Post 2014 Book

New Zealand Post 2014 Book of the Year

but on families and on the history of the countries―present and past―that we live in

with tremendous ingenuity and tongue-in-cheek wit

and it isn’t just the loss of her parents in college

”—Jonathan Franzen

Alma F. Scott Fitzgerald New Zealand Post 2014 BookFROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING WINNER OF THE PRIX SORCIRES From Europe to Africa, to the Caribbean, Alma tells a gripping story of hope, perseverance, and love. Vivid and exactthis is a book about heroism.The New York Times 1786. Alma lives with her family in an African valley, isolated from the rest of the world. Her days are spent exploring their blissful homeland; until her little brother finds the only way out. Meanwhile, in Lisbon, the petty