Feb 12 2025 16 mins
Casualties of Truth, inspired by Francis-Sharma’s time at South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation’s Amnesty Hearings, is a gripping tale that explores themes of justice, revenge, race, parenting, and of course, the complications of friendship.
It is a riveting literary novel with the sharp edges of a thriller about the abuses of history and the costs of revenge, set between Washington, D.C., and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Her third offering, Casualties of Truth is published by Grove Atlantic and will be celebrated by Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival on Feb 18, 2025 at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn. Get tickets here https://events.humanitix.com/casualties-of-truth
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About Lauren Francis-Sharma
Lauren Francis-Sharma is the author of Book of the Little Axe, a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the critically acclaimed novel ’Til the Well Runs Dry. She was a MacDowell fellow and is the Assistant Director of Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference at Middlebury College. She resides near Washington, DC, with her family.