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The Dragons, the Giant, the Women by Wayetu Moore recounts her experiences growing up in Liberia during the First Liberian Civil War, her family's harrowing escape, and their subsequent resettlement in the United States. The narrative follows young Wayetu from her fifth birthday in Caldwell, through her family's flight from advancing rebels, to a village across the border, before shifting to her adult life as a writer in Brooklyn, who confronts her past and returns to Liberia seeking closure. Descriptions of war violence and loss are present in the story.