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Home is where your people are. But who are your people?

Adelaide has lived her whole life in rural Ethiopia as the white American daughter of an anthropologist. Then her family moves to South Carolina, in 1964.

Adelaide vows to find her way back to Ethiopia, marry Maicaah, and become part of the village for real. But until she turns eighteen, Adelaide must adjust to this strange, white place that everyone tells her is home. Then Adelaide becomes friends with the five African-American students who sued for admission into the white high school. Even as she navigates her familys expectations and her mothers depression, Adelaide starts to enjoy her new friendships, the chance to learn new things, and the time she spends with a blond football player. Life in Greenville becomes interesting, and home becomes a much more complex equation.

Adelaide must finally choose where she belongs: the Ethiopian village where she grew up, to which she promised to return? Or this place where shes become part of something bigger than herself?

The Means That Make Us Strangers is a beautifully written coming-of-age story that will satisfy experienced readers as well as younger ones. Christine Kindberg treats all of these characters graciously and with deep generosity. The result is a gorgeous meditation on growing up, experiencing love, and finding home. Pinckney Benedict, three-time winner of the Pushcart Prize, author of Dogs of God and Miracle Boy and Other Stories

Christine Kindbergs fiction explores the complexity of identity, love, and faith with extraordinary intimacy and skill. Her bracing prose draws you into the lives of characters who live and breathe upon the page. Naeem Murr, author of The Perfect Man (long-listed for the Man Booker Prize)

An extraordinary and original novel... A deftly crafted and impressively entertaining story from first page to last. Childrens Bookwatch

It made me feel like I was there--running through the grass, climbing the trees, smelling the fires and tasting the pomegranates and figs. Englewood Review of Books

Entertaining and engaging... Adelaide is a wonderful protagonist. Reviews from the Stacks

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Home is where your people are. But who are your people?

Adelaide has lived her whole life in rural Ethiopia as the white American daughter of an anthropologist. Then her family moves to South Carolina, in 1964.

Adelaide must finally choose where she belongs: the Ethiopian village where she grew up, to which she promised to return? Or this place where shes become part of something bigger than herself?

"The Means That Make Us Strangers is a beautifully written coming-of-age story that will satisfy experienced readers as well as younger ones. Christine Kindberg treats all of these characters graciously and with deep generosity. The result is a gorgeous meditation on growing up, experiencing love, and finding home. Pinckney Benedict, three-time winner of the Pushcart Prize, author of Dogs of God and Miracle Boy and Other Stories

"Christine Kindbergs fiction explores the complexity of identity, love, and faith with extraordinary intimacy and skill. Her bracing prose draws you into the lives of characters who live and breathe upon the page." Naeem Murr, author of The Perfect Man (long-listed for the Man Booker Prize)

"An extraordinary and original novel... A deftly crafted and impressively entertaining story from first page to last." Childrens Bookwatch

"It made me feel like I was there--running through the grass, climbing the trees, smelling the fires and tasting the pomegranates and figs." Englewood Review of Books

"Entertaining and engaging... Adelaide is a wonderful protagonist." Reviews from the Stacks

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