Häftad, Engelska, 2024
Rest of You
Av Maame Blue
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Beskrivning
A powerful tale of womanhood, friendship, family secrets and the Black British experience, set between present-day England and mid-90s Ghana.On the cusp of thirty, Ghanaian Londoner Whitney Appiah was born with a special gift. The massage therapist can physically sense where her clients' trauma lies and heal them. But Whitney has no idea that she too is suffering. Tragic events from her youth have left a terrible, unseen mark.When a dangerous encounter with the man she's dating triggers a wave of fragmented recollections, Whitney embarks on a journey to reclaim her memories and the truth that is buried deep in her early childhood in Kumasi, Ghana.Spanning three decades, told through the viewpoints of Whitney, her aunts - Gloria and Aretha - and their house help - Maame Serwaa - The Rest of You explores what happens when we try to resolve the mysteries of our past.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum: 2024-10-29
- Mått: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
- Vikt: 208 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 288
- Förlag: Verve Books
- ISBN: 9780857308795
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Maame Blue is a Ghanaian-Londoner, part-time Melbourne resident, and author of the novel Bad Love (Jacaranda Books), named as one of the top 3 debuts of 2020 by Cheltenham Literature Festival. She is the winner of the 2021 Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize.
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A compelling and heart-wrenching novel that magnificently captures the contemporary Black British experience... A powerful exploration of identity, belonging and the complexities of family dynamics utilising split perspectives to really give us so much insight into these layered characters
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