Rough Silk

The author, Deborah Tendo, tells the story of her own relationship with her father in this book. It is a tell-all story in which Deborah tells things as they are-from her dad's alcoholism and how it affected his personal life and relationships to his struggle with cancer, and how her mother disowned the author as her daughter. The book is a rich historical archive of issues and

events that continue to define modern Kenya in the post-independence era, including HIV/Aids, ethnic rivalry, and c...