The Deep Blue Between

Hassana and Husseina are twin sisters who have shared everything since birth. In 1892 a raid on their village in rural West Africa separates them, and each is taken in a different direction, far from home.

Hassana ends up in Accra, where she commits herself to political and social change. Husseina crosses the ocean to Salvador, Brazil. There she is drawn into religious life and the worship of spirits that link the old homeland with the new world.

Each twin finds freedom and a fresh start, though neither has it easy. They build new families, fend off danger and slowly come to understand who they are. The novel moves between two women, two continents and two very different lives.

Dreams are the one thing the sisters still hold in common, and through them they stay connected across the distance. The book turns on whether that bond can ever bring them back together in person.