PIGMENT: The Limbs of the Mukuyu Tree - Book 1

Oh goodness. This is a first. The book began with an amazing story. It was hard to put down, until about he last 25 percent, then things got a little strange. While admittedly a fiction story, it brings to life a real problem that is occurring in Africa as we sit here. Albinos are in danger. They ar......more

Reviewed By Viga Boland for Readers’ Favorite Diandra Forrest is a tall, absolutely stunning model, whose photo appears in the June 2017 National Geographic. What does Diandra have to do with this fictional book, Pigment, by Renee Topper? Everything and nothing. You see, Diandra is an African-America......more

Reviewed on behalf of Readers' Favorite: Pigment: The Limbs of the Mukuyu Tree by Renee Topper is the harrowing tale of a young albino woman who travelled to Africa to better understand the strange cultural practices surrounding her condition. However, she enters a world far different than she imagin......more

A dark story This book was difficult to read. I expected some darkness because of the subject matter, and it wasn't overwhelming enough to make me stop reading. It was educational in an alarming way. The style of writing also made it challenging to read. Many times I had to read a sentence 3 or 4 tim......more

Tears for my Grandma Easter Originally I thought Ms. Topper had a very vivid imagination until I did a quick Google search. I had no idea that the nightmare I was reading about was the reality for some albinos in Africa. If my albino grandmother had been born in/around Tanzania this could've been her......more