Columbus: Jennifer Haupt on In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills

Event date: 
05/23/2018 - 7:00pm

Join us at Book Culture on Columbus as Jennifer Haupt discusses In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills on Wednesday, May 23rd at 7pmSally Koslow will be joining Jennifer in discussion.

In 1968, a disillusioned and heartbroken Lillian Carlson left Atlanta after the assassination of Martin Luther King. She found meaning in the hearts of orphaned African children and cobbled together her own small orphanage in the Rift Valley alongside the lush forests of Rwanda.


Three decades later, in New York City, Rachel Shepherd, lost and heartbroken herself, embarks on a journey to find the father who abandoned her as a young child, determined to solve the enigma of Henry Shepherd, a now-famous photographer.

When an online search turns up a clue to his whereabouts, Rachel travels to Rwanda to connect with an unsuspecting and uncooperative Lillian. While Rachel tries to unravel the mystery of her father's disappearance, she finds unexpected allies in an ex-pat doctor running from his past and a young Tutsi woman who lived through a profound experience alongside her father.

Set against the backdrop of a country grieving and trying to heal after a devastating civil war, follow the intertwining stories of three women who discover something unexpected: grace when there can be no forgiveness.


Jennifer Haupt went to Rwanda as a journalist in 2006, a decade after the genocide that wiped out over a million people, to explore the connections between forgiveness and grief. She spent a month travelling in the 10,000 hills with a guide, interviewing genocide survivors and humanitarian aid workers, and came home to Seattle with something unexpected: the bones of a novel. Her essays and articles have been published in O, The Oprah Magazine, The Rumpus, Psychology Today, Travel & Leisure, The Seattle Times, Spirituality & Health, and many other publications. In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills is her first novel.

Sally Koslow is the author of three novels, "The Late, Lamented Molly Marx," a Target Book Pick; "With Friends Like These"; and "Little Pink Slips," inspired by her time as the editor in chief of "McCall's"; and "Slouching Toward Adulthood," a witty and insightful report from the parenting trenches. She lives in New York City.

Event address: 
450 Columbus Ave.
New York, NY 10024
In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills By Jennifer Haupt Cover Image
$15.95
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ISBN: 9781771681339
Published: Central Avenue Publishing - April 2nd, 2018