All your children, scattered

Taking as inspiration her own experience fleeing Rwanda for France, Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse's debut novel unfolds in pieces, jumping between Africa and Europe, back and forth in time, from three POV characters, echoing the chaos and instability of life in post-colonial Rwanda as ethnic Hutu tried to erase ethnic Tutsi from the country. Poignant and heart-rending, this novel is another jewel in Europa Editions' considerable crown.