Publisher's Synopsis
For Adele, living alone with her young son is a struggle, and, stuck in a dangerous affair, her life is unravelling. Her carefree childhood in Senegal seems a distant blur. Then, looking in the bathroom mirror one night she sees Ellena's face, a girl she once knew - staring back at her from the glass. Ellena's father, a nightwatchman, was in exile from the brutal conflict in Liberia. Her mysterious appearance starts a chain of events that takes Adele back to Africa. But can she ever make amends for a heartless act that broke the girls' friendship and damaged Ellena's family irrevocably?
