02153cam a2200397 i 4500 1164835872 TxAuBib 20200922120000.0 190920s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019949911 9781644450314 1644450313 (OCoLC)1119773835 YDX eng rda YDX FNN OCLCO DAD OCLCF SO$ LEB GO6 OCLCO YU6 HQD OCLCO TOH OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO OCL OCLCO ZCU OCLCO VP@ TxAuBib rda Moore, Wayétu, author. The dragons, the giant, the women : a memoir / Wayétu Moore. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2020] ©2020. 251 pages : facsimile ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "When Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, but all she can think about is how much she misses her mother, who is working and studying in faraway New York. Before she gets the reunion her father promised her, war breaks out in Liberia. The family is forced to flee their home on foot, walking and hiding for three weeks until they arrive in the village of Lai. Finally, a rebel soldier smuggles them across the border to Sierra Leone, reuniting the family and setting them off on yet another journey, this time to the United States"--Publisher's description. 20200922. Moore, Wayétu. Moore, Wayétu. Childhood and youth. Refugees Liberia History Biography. Immigrants United States Biography. Liberian Americans Biography. African Americans Biography. Families Liberia Biography. Authors Biography. Liberia History Civil War, 1989-1996 Refugees. TXKIP