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Scarlet Skies of Savannah: A Contemporary Multicultural Romance Kindle Edition
An unlikely and restless trio comes together in the heart of West Africa. Renata, a humanitarian aid functionary, arrives in Senegal with all the enthusiasm of a well-meaning white woman wishing to bring law and civilization to the rightless local females.
But that's not her entire story. Haunted by the painful memories of her teenage years, Renata attempts to embrace the strikingly different African culture in the hopes to reconcile with herself and her own past...
Enter the cursing, drinking, cynical bush doctor Lukin who uses his semi-legal clinic to save lives of pregnant girls and Tuareg guerrillas alike. No, Renata's not in love with him (at least she doesn't think so). But soon she'll need his help to save a local boy called Essa - the third party of the unlikely love triangle...
About the author: Nigina Muntean is a published Uzbek rauthor currently living in Africa where she works as a medical specialist for the UN, WHO and a number of NGO organizations and local hospitals. Two of her previous novels were nominated for The Best Contribution To The Cultural Dialogue at the Book Of The Year Prize held by RF's Publishers’ Association.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateNovember 12, 2013
- File size935 KB
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- ASIN : B009NH5XD0
- Publisher : TransLiterary Books (November 12, 2013)
- Publication date : November 12, 2013
- Language : English
- File size : 935 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 317 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,170,848 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,080 in Travel Adventure Fiction
- #12,183 in Women's Adventure Fiction (Books)
- #19,537 in Multicultural & Interracial Romance (Kindle Store)
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2012The Scarlet Skies of Savannah was a thrill to read. The novel is set in Senegal and introduces the reader to a trio of characters - a couple of Russian doctors and a Senegalese teenager. In addition to Senegal, the story takes the reader to several other West African countries such as Gambia, Mali and Niger. A rare glimpse into the life and customs of desert-dwelling Tuaregs is absolutely fascinating! At the same time, the author unravels a traumatic path into the main character's past, which took place in the former USSR a couple of decades ago.
The stories told are horrifying and yet familiar, they are stories of human nature. The book uncovers many challenging themes - gender boundaries and expectations, traditional roles in families, the value and fragility of life. Having lived in West and East Africa, I appreciated the texture of the novel and learned new aspects of African culture and behaviors. The reflections on human relationships, however, are most touching of all.
I thoroughly enjoyed the book (though recoiled at the imagery, I still could not put it down) and recommend to anyone interested in a good story, transcending the boundaries of cultures, countries and continents.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2015I don't know what I expected when I started reading this book. Whatever it was, it was nothing like any book I've read before. I'm so glad I bought and read it. It was so worth it. The book was very enlightning. It is a book that will have me thinking about it for a long time coming. This book had a lot of twist and turns that kept me turning the pages to see what was going to happen next. Renata and Serge's love story was like nothing I have read before. The ending was not what I expected, but ended like it should have. It brought tears to my eyes. I can see why this book has received all 5 star ratings. It so deserved it. I highly recommend this book! It is worth reading.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2013This was a refreshingly realistic kind of "women's novel". At first, Renata seemed a rather spoiled and willful young woman but as her travels in Senegal and beyond unfolded, I gradually learned about her tragic teenage experience that had turned a quiet ugly duckling into a passionate overachiever bent on redeeming herself in her own eyes. Dr. Lukin, a tough and cynical Russian doctor, seriously falls for her, but will he be able to liberate Renata from the ghost of her past? While he's trying to melt her heart - for her own sake if not for his own - Renata learns, by trial and error, to see life from the prospective of her new Senegalese friends... and gets into even bigger trouble.
Overall, a very interesting and original novel, well-written and well-paced. The heroine's bitter-sweet teenage backstory adds another dimension to this believable and uplifting tale. Quite an eye-opener.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2016I never could get "into" the story or the main characters. It is probably pretty accurate in describing how difficult it is for people of different nationalities (in this case Russian and West African/Senegalese) to communicate and help each other. Renata has come from a difficult Russian upbringing, but is faced with an African culture that is impoverished and both needing and receiving help that isn't working. Renata did better than I would have living in discomfort (in a "hotel" that doesn't meet most people's definition of a hotel) and facing constant heat, mosquitoes, and dirt. The food is awful, both begging and bribery are rampant, medical care is terrible, and Renata has to write up an evaluation that will be used to determine whether a medical grant is re-funded.
I stopped a little over 1/3 of the way through—I just couldn't handle this depressing story anymore.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2014This is, quite honestly, an impossible book to write a review upon ~ simply because words do not come near expressing the depth of feeling that's gone into the writing nor reading of it.
Its classified under medical romance but it is far beyond that .... would I recommend it? without question yes. Would I pay money for it? .... yes :-) and there is very few books I will ever say that about lol.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2015This another book that is well written and keeps your mind going as you read it. But I like to read the diffirent books this writer has written. She is one of the writers I enjoy reading. Because she does tell a story in a way that is believe able and real.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2013This book offers a fascinating look across cultures at complex topics, related in a sensitive and gripping manner that makes the book tough to put down. The flashes backward in time leave you determined to get to the bottom of the main character's past traumas and experiences that led to this particular point in time.