Blogs in September 2020

Secrets 8th September 2020

In Secrets, Somalian author Nuruddin Farah has conjured a densely woven tale of betrayal, hidden agendas, and tangled relationships that is both a deeply personal story in and of itself and emblematic of the greater problems that continue to...

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Knots 8th September 2020

From the internationally revered author of Links comes “a beautiful, hopeful novel about one woman’s return to war-ravaged Mogadishu” (“Time”) Called “one of the most sophisticated voices in modern fiction” (“The New York Review of Books”), Nuruddin Farah is...

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Hiding in Plain Sight 8th September 2020

When Bella learns of the murder of her beloved half brother by political extremists in Somalia, she s in Rome. The two had different fathers but shared a Somali mother, from whom Bella s inherited her freewheeling ways. An...

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The Coral Bride 7th September 2020

When an abandoned lobster trawler is found adrift off the coast of Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula, DS Joaquin Moralès begins a straightforward search for the boat’s missing captain, Angel Roberts – a rare female in a male-dominated world. But Moralès...

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The Scent of Cherry Blossoms 7th September 2020

Annie Martin loves the Plain ways of her Old Order Mennonite people, like those revered by her beloved grandfather. Retreating from a contentious relationship with her mother, Annie goes to live with her Daadi Moses in Apple Ridge. But...

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