Set in 1890s West Africa, the story follows twin sisters Hassana and Husseina, who are kidnapped and sold into slavery after a devastating raid. Despite their separation, they maintain a deep connection through shared dreams of water, symbolizing their hope and resilience. The narrative explores themes of survival, sisterhood, and the enduring bond between them, raising the question of whether their paths will ultimately converge again.
Love stories that truly represent the world we live in; celebrated and retold in this unique collection, by debut author Bolu Babalola.
Life is perfect for Anna Walsh. She has the "Best Job in the World" as a PR exec for a top-selling urban beauty brand, a lovely apartment in New York, and a perfect husband - the love of her life, Aidan Maddox. Until the morning she wakes up in her mammy's living room in Dublin with stitches in her face, a dislocated knee, and completely smashed-up hands - and no memory of how she got there. While her mammy plays nursemaid (just like all of her favorite nurses on her soaps), and her sister Helen sits in wet hedges doing her private investigator work for Lucky Star PI, Anna tries to get better and keeps wondering why Aidan won't return her phone calls or e-mails. Recuperating from her injuries, a mystified Anna returns to Manhattan. Slowly beginning to remember what happened, she sets off on a search to find Aidan - a hilarious quest involving lilies (she can't stop smelling them), psychics, mediums, and anyone in the city who can promise her a reunion with her beloved.
It is 1890. A year after Holmes's death, Watson--now in a retirement home--narrates a tale of Sherlockian detection that could tear apart the very fabric of society. The story opens with a train robbery in Boston, and moves to the innocuous setting of Wimbledon.
The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is a desolate place - a place where hope & joy aren't welcome. Most of its occupants have been brought here as young boys, against any will they might have had. One boy watches the latest arrivals. He doesn't remember anything of his former life or know anything of his future. Meet the Angel of Death.
An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amy–abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her down, is disarmed by the curiously quiet girl—and risks everything to save her. As the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong, Wolgast secures her escape—but he can’t stop society’s collapse. And as Amy walks alone, across miles and decades, into a future dark with violence and despair, she is filled with the mysterious and terrifying knowledge that only she has the power to save the ruined world. (back cover)
This is the story of two women. Their lives collide one fateful day, and one of them has to make a terrible choice. Two years later, they meet again - the story starts there.
A compelling and perceptive tale of intimacy, memory and relationships from the bestselling author
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In a small village in Devon in 1958 two young children are found drowned. Their parents, Isabel and Robert, are devastated, but as time goes by their tragedy becomes part of the everyday fabric of village life. Thirty years later, Anna arrives. She comes to the village on a whim, hoping for a fresh start. She and doesn't tell anyone that she is pregnant. She moves in with Isabel and for a short time the women find solace in each other's company. The baby's arrival, however, causes powerful feelings of loss and heartbreak to surface, and Anna begins to question whether Isabel's feelings towards her child are entirely benign ...
Hoofdpersonage is de 15-jarige Vernon Little uit het Texaanse stadje Martirio, die moeite heeft om greep te krijgen op zijn leven. Wanneer zijn beste vriend Jesus onder invloed van LSD een bloedbad op school aanricht en daarna zelfmoord pleegt, worden alle pijlen op Vernon gericht. Hoewel hij zijn onschuld staande houdt, heeft Vernon er het handje van om zich steeds dieper in nesten te werken. Schuldig tot het tegendeel wordt bewezen, wordt hij de zondebok van een samenleving die in zwart en wit denkt en de tussenliggende grijze zones als leugens bestempelt. Vanuit een groteske en satirische uitvergroting fungeert dit boek dan ook als een aanklacht op de Amerikaanse maatschappij. Schijn en emoties kunnen een onschuldige minderjarige ter dood veroordelen, terwijl de waarheid, verborgen in een hoopje stront, tot het einde over het hoofd gezien wordt. Moraal van het verhaal: ""Innocent boy escapes the death penalty in Texas. Yup, it's fiction.""
Een depressieve, instabiele jonge vrouw kijkt met heimwee terug op haar jeugd in een hechte familie die ze als buffer gebruikte tussen haar en de beangstigende, onbegrijpelijke buitenwereld.
