Mourning

Literary historical fiction set in post-war Freetown, where a widow fleeing violence must navigate grief, memory, and the fragile possibility of healing among survivors who carry their own unbearable losses.

In a city haunted by war and memory, a widow searches for solace among the ruins—where the living and the lost are never far apart.

Cairo’s ancient desolation is no refuge for Marie, newly widowed by violence she cannot name. Her husband, Daniel, once sought a new beginning far from Sara...