Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

Download or read book The Possibility of Lions written by Marta Maretich and published by Gemma. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suddenly driven from their African home by a war in Biafra, the McCall family washes up in ?a small town in the San Joaquin Valley?. ?The locals assume they must be glad to be back in ?the ?"?civilized world?." ?But life in America is lonely, desolate and dull, and the children and ?their fragile mother hope that one day they will return to the life they left behind?. ?Their ?father, a hardened oil man, knows better?: ?war has destroyed any home they may have had?. ?As the truth begins to sink in, mother and children gravitate toward another refugee from ?war?-?torn Africa and his dream?. ?Anatole imagines an African animal park on the dry plains ?surrounding their California town and offers hope that these two worlds can be brought ?together in one place?.