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Girl in Pieces
Charlie Davis is in pieces. At seventeen, she’s already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she’s learned how to forget it through cutting; The pain washes out the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. She doesn't have to think about her father or what happened under the bridge. Her best friend, Ellis, who is gone forever. Or the mother who has nothing left to give her. Kicked out of a special treatment center when her insurance runs out, Charlie finds herself in the bright and wild landscape of Tucson, Arizona, where she begins the unthinkable: The long journey of putting herself back together
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The First Woman
'Jennifer Makumbi is a genius storyteller.' Reni Eddo-Lodge An intoxicating mix of Ugandan folklore and modern feminism, from a multi-award-winning author As Kirabo enters her teens, questions begin to gnaw at her – questions which the adults in her life will do anything to ignore. Where is the mother she has never known? And why would she choose to leave her daughter behind? Inquisitive, headstrong, and unwilling to take no for an answer, Kirabo sets out to find the truth for herself. Her search will take her away from the safety of her prosperous Ugandan family, plunging her into a very different world of magic, tradition, and the haunting legend of 'The First Woman'.
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Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
A delightful gift edition of the much-loved tale of Sprout the hen who dreamed she could fly
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Brief History of Seven Killings
The most astonishingly brilliant novel... about the attempted assassination of Bob Marley by a cabal of Kingston gangsters and the CIA' - Irvine Welsh
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Octopus
A shocking expos of what really goes in Londons most famous five-star hotels and casinos: featuring a shady cast of con-men, bent hedge fund managers, prostitutes, ex-spooks, gullible celebrities, and old-money aristocrats. Sam Israel was a man who seemed to have it all. Born into one of Americas richest families, he founded his own hedge fund, promising his investors guaranteed profits. But, after suffering devastating losses and faking tax returns, Israel knew the truth would soon be discovered. So when a former CIA-operative turned conman told him about a secret market run by the Federal Reserve, Israel bet his last $150 million of other peoples money on a chance to make it all back. Thus began his crazy year-long adventure in a world populated by clandestine bankers, fraudsters, and gun-toting spooks issuing cryptic warnings about a mysterious cabal known only as the Octopus.
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The Abundance
An ideal book club title, The Abundance is a richly observed look at how a mother’s terminal illness challenges and strengthens her relationship with her daughter. Mala and Ronak are adults now. They’ve married, begun their own families, and moved away from the suffocating world of their first-generation parents. But when their mother tells them she’s been diagnosed with terminal cancer, the focus of their world returns to her home, and in the case of Mala, her kitchen. Having never shown an interest in the lovingly-made food they eat at every gathering, she becomes determined to learn the recipes her mother learned at her own mother’s knee. As they cook together, passing the skills from one generation to the next, Mala and her mother are finally able to confront the great divisions of their lives, the secrets, lies, and quiet failings. But when Ronak comes up with a plan to memorialise his mother, the hard-won peace between them all will be tested to its limits
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Growing Up Bin Laden
Granting extraordinary access to their private world, Osama’s wife and son reveal the frightening transformation of a loving husband into a hardened terrorist. In 1996, Osama chose the 15-year-old Omar to accompany him to his mountain fortress of Tora Bora in Afghanistan, where the risks of hunger and disease soon paled before the dangers of the terrorist camps. Illustrating the incredible stories with pictures from the family album, bestselling author Jean Sasson takes us inside the world that Osama bin Laden never wanted us to see.