Chris Cleave
Author
Language
English
Description
Set in London during the years of 1939-1942, when citizens had slim hope of survival, much less victory; and on the strategic island of Malta, which was daily devastated by the Axis barrage, Everyone Brave is Forgiven features little-known history and a perfect wartime love story inspired by the real-life love letters between Chris Cleave's grandparents. This dazzling novel dares us to understand that, against the great theater of world events, it...
2) Little Bee
Author
Language
English
Description
British couple Andrew and Sarah O'Rourke, vacationing on a Nigerian beach in a last-ditch effort to save their faltering marriage, come across Little Bee and her sister, Nigerian refugees fleeing from machete-wielding soldiers intent on clearing the beach. The horrific confrontation that follows changes the lives of everyone involved in unimaginable ways.
Two years later, Little Bee appears in London on the day of Andrew's funeral and reconnects
...4) Gold
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Cyclists Zoe and Kate are friends and athletic rivals for Olympic gold, while Kate and her husband Jack, also a world-class cyclist, must contend with the recurrence of their young daughter's leukemia.
Author
Publisher
Maeva
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Español
Description
Ésta es una novela de dos mujeres supervivientes. Una joven refugiada nigeriana que no tiene nada y una brillante periodista inglesa que aparentemente lo tiene todo. Sus vidas colisionan un fatídico día en Nigeria, y una de ellas tiene que tomar una terrible decisión, el tipo de decisión que uno espera no tener que tomar nunca. Dos años después, se reencuentran en Inglaterra, y ahí empieza esta historia."-- Dust jacket.
A haunting novel about...
6) A por el oro
Author
Publisher
Maeva
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Cyclists Zoe and Kate are friends and athletic rivals for Olympic gold, while Kate and her husband Jack, also a world-class cyclist, must contend with the recurrence of their young daughter's leukemia.
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