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Monique Roffey's sixth novel The Mermaid of the Black Conch has won the Costa Book of the Year 2020. "It’s a feat of invention – a brilliant interweaving of mermaid myth and the effects of colonial legacies on modern life." Joanne Owen, LoveReading Expert Reviewer.
Meet the Ramdin-Chetan family: forged through loneliness, broken by secrets, saved by love. Irrepressible Betty Ramdin, her shy son Solo and their marvellous lodger, Mr Chetan, form an unconventional household, happy in their differences, as they build a home together. Home: the place where your navel string is buried, keeping these three safe from an increasingly dangerous world. Happy and ...
Monique Roffey's sixth novel The Mermaid of the Black Conch has won the Costa Book of the Year 2020. "It’s a feat of invention – a brilliant interweaving of mermaid myth and the effects of colonial legacies on modern life." Joanne Owen, LoveReading Expert Reviewer.
What would you do if the people you trusted to uphold the law committed a crime against you? Who would you turn to? And how long would you fight them for? On 28 September 1985, Lee Lawrence's mother Cherry Groce was wrongly shot by police during a raid on her Brixton home. The bullet shattered her spine and she never walked again. ...
A forceful and moving final volume from one of the most masterful poets of the twentieth century. Throughout her nearly sixty-year career, acclaimed poet Eavan Boland came to be known for her exquisite ability to weave myth, history, and the life of an ordinary woman into mesmerizing poetry. She was an essential voice in both feminist and Irish literature, praised ...
I challenge any reader, young or old, not to want to devour this book in one delicious sitting. Once started upon the story of Lotti and Ben, two orphans living in the aftermath of World War 1 and who could not be more different in temperament or background, it is impossible to put down. Initially and understandably wary, they gradually ...
