Tag: family
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There’s nothing more special than an author’s first novel. Their first creation they laboured tiresly on, perhaps with little confidence, perhaps on a napkin on a train ride home, or perhaps unaware that their work would shape generations to come. In the post I wanted to share authors from Africa that took the leap. So…
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Yejide is struggling to conceive a child. Her husband, Akin has even given into to the pressure of relatives to urge he take on a second wife who can carry his baby. Catapulting between hope and heartbreak, Yejide goes to lengths she wouldn’t imagine and along the way, she discovers secrets about her marriage. Secrets…
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Hey there, bookworm. Thanks for stopping by. I spent another cozy Sunday on the couch finishing up a book that hasn’t made me feel this way in ages. On a quest to learn everything I can about the Palestine-Israeli relationship I thought why not consult the gentle teacher of fiction (click here for an article…
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini unveils a world so overlooked in this age of western hegomony. Walking past a woman in a burqa, for me was once a glimpse of two anonymous eyes. Now I see a life and wonder many things of it. I’ve been transported to a world where a woman’s…
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Synopsis Cara Burrows has gone to a high-clasa resort in Arizona named Swallowtail. She needs to clear her head and be away from her husband and two kids. Clearly battling with some kind of internal conflict and anger, her life goes on a 720 degree spin when a receptionist assigns her to an occupied room.…
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If you want to stay up all night, then The Third Wife by Lisa Jewell is a must-read! Here are my thoughts of this emotional rollercoaster. Synopsis Everybody loves Maya, Adrian Wolfe’s third wife. The family holidays, the kids’ gestures of approval, the weekend-parenting shifts all showed a smooth-sailing ship on the sea of Adrian’s…