Praise Song for the Butterflies

A young woman must learn to love and trust again after experiencing the brutality of ritual servitude in West Africa. —Longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction —A Black Caucus of the American Library Association 2019 Honor title, Fiction “McFadden, writer of great, imaginative novels for years now (including Sugar and Gathering of Waters ), is back with one of her best yet. Exploring ritual sacrifice in contemporary West Africa, Praise Song offers a fascinating, painful glimpse into a w