REVIEW
This is a meditative read of imaginative fiction. It's a story of a journey, based in fact, built for the reader into fiction. Petina Gappah's work Out of Darkness, Shining Light is exquisitely researched and dives into the story of David Livingstone. It explores deep themes of love, loyalty, and the legacy of slavery. I found it to be a fascinating story.

PRAISE
“Engrossing, beautiful, and deeply imaginative, Out of Darkness, Shining Light, is a novel that lends voice to those who appeared only as footnotes in history, yet whose final, brave act of loyalty and respect changed the course of it. An incredible and important book by a masterful writer.”
—Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing

Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and Scribner for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

I loved this. I don't have much else to say so I'm going to repeat myself. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this. I loved this.

Oh my goodness, this book. It is such a beautiful depiction of personal sacrifice, love and loyalty. When Dr. David Livingston died in Africa, his cook, Halima and Jacob Wainwright a freed slave decide to carry his body across the entire continent so he can be buried back in England and his ministry continued. 

It's an amazing story and one I will remember for a long time. I never thought I would enjoy a book about two people carrying a dead body across a country, but it was seriously so, so good!