The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree Ages 13 and up as the couple and their

as the couple and their two children learn

It’s a new day and Ayaan has woken up on the wrong side of the bed

Unexpected allies appear but new enemies lurk everywhere

fleeing across America is her only escape from an abusive husband

Who doesn’t want to be more powerful

The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree Ages 13 and up as the couple and theirAn "elegant and inspiring memoir" by the human rights activist who changed the minds of her elders, reformed traditions from the inside, and is creating a better future for girls and women throughout Africa (Sonia Faleiro, New York Times). Nice Leng`ete was raised in a Maasai village in Kenya. In 1998, when Nice was six, her parents fell sick and died, and Nice and her sister Soila were taken in by their fathers brother, who had little interest in the