A historical fiction novel based on a true story of determination, resilience, love, and survival during Ethiopia’s Red Terror and Eritrea’s struggle for independence.
Born at the End of the World
A story of what we carry, even when we do not have the language for it.
A historical fiction novel based on a true story of determination, resilience, love, and survival during Ethiopia’s Red Terror and Eritrea’s struggle for independence.
Praise for Born at the End of the World
"Merhazion’s remarkable debut, based on a true story, is a heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful novel that juxtaposes a moving love story with the horrors of the Red Terror in Ethiopia during the late 1970s."
"A determined Ethiopian woman enters the fight for Eritrean independence in Donica Merhazion’s riveting historical novel Born at the End of the World… a thrilling historical novel about a woman’s resilience and resistance."
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