Raphael Solomon

Raphael's family and friends tell the story of his rescue mission to help schoolgirls in Nigeria kidnapped by Boko Haram, a mission that led to his death. The story versions the characters tell are as much about themselves as about him, and the portrait that emerges is of a 21st century American community and the moral, political, and interpersonal issues that preoccupy it. Racism, morality, faith, love--both romantic and familial--and views of the American Dream are the subjects they struggle over.