When recently widowed Deborah Maxwell is assigned by the Scottish Refugee Council to act as mentor to Abdi Hassan, a Somali refugee, the two are drawn into an awkward friendship. They must spend a year together, meeting once a month in different parts of Glasgow. As recently-widowed Deborah opens Abdi's eyes to her beloved city and its people, he teaches her about the importance of family - and of laying your ghosts to rest. All Abdi has brought with him is his four-year-old daughter, Rebecca, who lives in a silence no one can reach. Until, one day, she starts talking. And they discover why she had stopped...
ISBN: | 9781408832738 |
Publication date: | 13th February 2014 |
Author: | Karen Campbell |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 467 pages |
Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |