Leila Mottley - Böcker

Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap st...

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MOTTLEY'S FLUID, INSTINCTIVE WRITING SOARS . . . A REMARKABLE DEBUT' SUNDAY TIMES 'GROUNDBREAKING . . . THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIG BOOKS OF 2022' STYLIST 'ELECTRIFYING' DAVE EGGERS When there is no choice, all you have left to do is walk. ...

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'Written in big, beautiful prose that expands throughout the novel and leaves the reader full and satisfied ? Leila Mottley's grasp of human nature is unmatched' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS - From the author of the Booker nominated, international bests...

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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK A NEW YORK TIMES WRITER TO WATCH A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system-the debut of a blazingly original voice and "a so...

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEETHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER_______________'Mottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what The Wire did for Baltimore' THE TIMES'A soul-searching portrait of survi...

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 - THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEE THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER _______________ 'Mottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what The Wire did for Baltimore' THE TIMES 'A soul-searching portrait of...

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEETHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER_______________'Mottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what The Wire did for Baltimore' THE TIMES'A soul-searching portrait of survi...

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Ein Roman über die schlimmsten Seiten einer Gesellschaft und den Kampf einer jungen Frau für alle, die sie liebt Die siebzehnjährige Kiara lebt mit ihrem älteren Bruder Marcus in einem heruntergekommenen Apartment in East Oakland, Kalifornien. Die...

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Kiaras liv ser inte ut som andra sjuttonåringars. Med en mamma på rehab och en storebror som drömmer om att bli rapstjärna är Kiara tvungen att ta hand om både sig själv och den övergivna nioåriga grannkillen Trevor. När hyran i deras slitna kvart...

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Kiaras liv ser inte ut som andra sjuttonåringars. Med en mamma på rehab och en storebror som drömmer om att bli rapstjärna är Kiara tvungen att ta hand om både sig själv och den övergivna nioåriga grannkillen Trevor. När hyran i deras slitna kvart...

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