Memoir of a young American woman living in a rural community in northern Ivory Coast, West Africa. A New York Times Notable Book in 1989. Back in print.

: Sacred groves are untouched plots of land that are secluded by the people inhabiting near them, primarily for religious purposes. The popular conception of a

In a world of Goddess worship, sacred snakes and sacrifice, human jealousy, resentment and betrayal still run wild . . . Ancient Crete, 1450 BC. When her sister