When a young Muslim woman goes missing, the trail leads to a quintessentially English family's tangled and dark connections with Empire, the Shah's Tehran and modern Bahrain, in this evocative and page-turning novel for readers of Maggie O'Farrell.
Madeleine Bunting Bücher
Diese Autorin befasst sich mit den Feinheiten von Glauben, Islam und globaler Entwicklung und nutzt ihren scharfen Intellekt, um komplexe soziale und politische Veränderungen zu untersuchen. Ihr Schreiben wird durch umfangreiche journalistische Erfahrung geprägt, die sich mit einer breiten Palette von Themen befasst. Mit tiefem Interesse an kontemplativen Praktiken versucht sie, das Potenzial von Achtsamkeit in der öffentlichen Politik, insbesondere in den Bereichen Gesundheit und Bildung, zu verstehen. Ihre Arbeit spiegelt das Bestreben wider, persönliche Einsichten mit umfassenderen gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen zu verbinden.
An authoritative and deeply reflective investigation into the crisis of care in the UK, with a clarion call for change, from the award-winning author and journalist.
Island Song
- 400 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
In 1940, Helene - young, naïve and recently married - waves goodbye to her husband, who has enlisted in the British army. Her hone, Guernsey, is soon invaded by the Germans, leaving her exposed to the hardships of occupation. Forty years later, her daughter, Roz, begins a search for the truth about her father, and stumbles into the secret history of her mother's life. As Roz discovers, truth is hard to pin down, ans so are the rights and wrongs of those struggling to survive in the most difficult of circumstances
Willing Slaves
- 320 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
A hard-hitting expose of the overwork culture and modern management techniques that seduce millions of people to hand over the best part of their lives to their employer.
A vivid journey around England's great seaside resorts, exploring their history and current struggle, and what they reveal about England, from the award-winning author of Love of Country.