Barry presents a fictional autobiography of a girl growing up and coming of age in Guinea, as a member of the pastoral, nomadic Peul people. It continues a tradition of such novels in French from West Africa, that together demonstrate changes and continuity in the region and culture over the past half century. La Petite Peule was published in 2000 by Librairie Arthème Fayard, and was translated into English by Carrol F. Coates. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)