Truth is: a novel in vers

Seventeen-year-old poet Truth Bangura begins senior year unsure of life after graduation, but when she learns she's pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, she makes one decision she is sure about—an abortion. When Truth performs a poem about her decision and her emotionally turbulent home life, the performance is recorded and posted online for everyone to see—including her mother.

Crossing the line

Erik's mum is juggling the challenge of two small babies, plus the recent death of her husband due to COVID-19. Both these factors affect teenage Erik too, struggling with homework as the babies continually cry or his mum needs help. When the difficulties at home affect Erik's behaviour at school and he gets in with the wrong crowd, Erik is tempted to earn some easy money. . . But this kind …

Perfection

Millennial expat couple Anna and Tom are living the dream in Berlin, in a bright, plant-filled apartment in Neukölln. They are young digital creatives, freelancers without too many constraints.

Yesteryear

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780593804216

Collation

391 p. ; 25 cm

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Call Number

823 BUR y

Hooked

Eriko's life appears perfect – devoted parents, spotless apartment and a job in the seafood division of one of Japan's largest trading companies. Her latest project, to reintroduce the controversial Nile perch fish into the Japanese market, is characteristically ambitious. But beneath her flawless surface she is wracked by loneliness. Eriko becomes fascinated with a popular blog written by…

Sweet sweet revenge ltd

Victor Alderheim has a lot to answer for. Not only has he heartlessly tricked his young ex-wife, Jenny, out of her art gallery inheritance, but he has also abandoned his son, Kevin, to die in the middle of the Kenyan savanna. It doesn’t occur to Victor that Kevin might be rescued and adopted by a Maasai medicine man, or that he might be expected to undergo the rituals expected of all new M…

The bell jar

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780571226160

Collation

234 p. ; 20 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

823 PLA t

And the mountains echoed

So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one...Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Abdullah, Pari - as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named - is everything. Mo…

Sebelum hancur lebur

Risdianto datang ke perkumpulan sastra Indonesia di Ternate yang didatangi oleh banyak sastrawan. Di sana ia mencari tempat untuk mendapatkan ide membuat puisi, tetapi dari pertapaannya tersebut ia malahan mendapat visi. Visi akan kehidupan sastra Indonesia, baik yang ada di masa lampau maupun di masa depan. Dan dari sini, Risdianto yang nantinya akan dikenal sebagai Anto Labil, paham bahwa cit…

The secret beach

Nikki kept her secret safe for twenty years. Now the tide is about to turn... Nikki finally owns the little coastguard cottage of her dreams - and it's a few steps away from the hidden beach that means so much to her. But when a handwritten note lands on her doorstep, she realises it's only a matter of time before the heartbreaking truth of her past is uncovered. Twenty years ago, her…