Author: Camilla Gibb

When I picked this off the bookshelf in the room where we had our recent summer quilting retreat the title sounded familiar. When I got home I took a quick look at my books and didn’t find a review so thought maybe it was just one I wanted to read.

Although I could never say for certain that I had read it parts of the book seemed familiar. I’ve just checked some files from a previous version of my website and sure enough, I had read it before.

I don’t think I can improve on what I said before, and this time around everything held true.


Lilly, a young English child, traveled the world with her parents until they died suddenly while in Ethiopia. Lilly, left in the care of an Ethiopian teacher, becomes a devout Muslim. Due to her remote connection to Emperor Haile Selassie, Lilly is forced to flee Ethiopia when his rule comes to an end. Once in London, Lilly begins working with other refugees in their struggle to find lost family and friends. The story alternates between her time in Ethiopia and her work in London. Both parts of the story were fascinating.

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