WTOP Book Report: Local novelist Bsrat Mezghebe looks beneath the surface of DC’s Eritrean community

This story is part of the WTOP Book Report series written by Terik King. Read more of that coverage here.

D.C. is a city where people from all over the world cross paths every day. But how often do we really know the stories of the people we encounter?

That question is at the heart of Bsrat Mezghebe’s debut novel, “I Hope You Find What You’re Looking For,” a story about three generations of Eritrean women living in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1991, as Eritrea approaches independence from Ethiopia…

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