Three Strong Women: A novel

Three Strong Women: A novel

<b>A <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book<br>A <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> Best Book of 2012<br>A <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Best Book of 2012<br>Longlisted for <b>The 2014 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award</b><br></b><br>From Marie NDiaye, the first black woman to win the Prix Goncourt, a harrowing and beautiful novel of the travails of West African immigrants in France.<br> <br>The story of three women who say no: Norah, a French-born lawyer who finds herself in Senegal, summoned by her estranged father to save another victim of his paternity; Fanta, who leaves a contented life as a teacher in Dakar to follow her boyfriend back to France, where his depression and dislocation poison everything; and Khady, a penniless widow put out by her husband's family with nothing but the name of a distant cousin in France. As these three lives intertwine, each woman manages an astonishing feat of self-preservation against those who have made themselves the fastest-growing and most-reviled people in Europe. In Marie NDiaye's stunning narration we see the progress by which ordinary women discover unimagined reserves of strength.