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Author: Mehreen Ahmed Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 72
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A midsummer's morning. Rhonda Smith is on her way to work. She sees a jacaranda tree and sits under it. As she waits for her bus here, she thinks about her relationship with her husband Sam and former lover Chris. Thoughts simply stream into her mind. Her musings take her back to a convoluted journey of a life of struggles, aspirations, hopes and dreams.She is torn between the two worlds. The only way to resolve this is to deal with it. But to what end?
Author: Joy Dettman Publisher: Pan Australia ISBN: 1743345674 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 340
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From the bestselling author of Mallawindy and the Woody Creek series "Dettman ... is brilliant at depicting the seemingly inconsequential murmurs of small-town life" Sun-Herald For forty-four years Stella Templeton has been a dutiful daughter and a good citizen, living in Maidenville, population 2,800 where nothing happens. Until one hot summer afternoon. An ugly act has lifted the respectable skirts of Maidenville and mystery starts to surround the daughter of the local minister. Then the disappearance of a sixteen-year-old boy adds to the neighbourhood confusion. Does something rotten lurk behind the neatly trimmed hedges and white picket fences that divide this sleepy town? No-one comes close to knowing the dreadful truth-but after forty-four years of doing the right thing, Stella Templeton is starting to blossom... "Dettman writes compulsively readable stories" The Age Fans of Rosalie Ham's The Dressmaker will love Joy Dettman.
Author: Sahar Delijani Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1476709092 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 279
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A stunning debut novel set in post-revolutionary Iran that gives voice to the men, women, and children who won a war only to find their livesNand those of their descendantsNimperiled by its aftermath.
Author: Joy Dettman Publisher: Pan Australia ISBN: 9780330361965 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 340
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For forty-four years Stella Templeton has been a dutiful daughter and a good citizen living in Maidenville, population 2800, a town where nothing happens. Until one hot summer afternoon... An ugly act has lifted the respectable skirts of Maidenville and mystery starts to surround the daughter of the local minister. Then the disappearance of a sixteen-year-old-boy adds to the neighbourhood's confusion. Does something sinister lurk behind the neatly trimmed hedges and white picket fences that divide this sleepy town? No one comes close to knowing the horrifying truth - but after forty-four years of self denial and duty, Stella Templeton is finally beginning to blossom.
Author: Dannika Patterson Publisher: Ford Street Publishing ISBN: 9781925804010 Category : Languages : en Pages : 32
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Five friends are feeling bored on a hot sticky day. Just when they think theyll never find anything fun to place, a simple gust of wind changes everything Jacaranda Magic is a unique rhyming picture book that celebrates imaginative play and highlights the value of boredom and nature in inspiring creativity.
Author: Merle Thornton Publisher: Interactive Publications ISBN: 1876819227 Category : Australian fiction Languages : en Pages : 288
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37 year old Claire is a woman behaving badly. She pursues bizarre contact with a former lover; tries out an unlikely new one; makes a 'chosen family' out of housemates with problems of their own, and battles the instabilities of part-time work as an academic and filmmaker.
Author: Marla Jo Fisher Publisher: Prospect Park Books ISBN: 1938849671 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 159
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Never mind the Real Housewives of Orange County—Marla Jo Fisher is the woman everyone can relate to, complete with bad parenting, rotten dogs, ill health, and fashion faux pas. For nearly two decades, in the Orange County Register and many syndicated papers, readers have delighted in Marla Jo’s subversive humor, cranky intellect, and huge heart on her journey through broke, single, after-40 motherhood, when she adopted Cheetah Boy and Curly Girl, to her oddball adventures around the globe, to the sublime ridiculousness of life next door. Even while facing a devastating diagnosis, Fisher teaches us that humor is the balm that eases and the very thing that binds us together.
Author: Peter Kimani Publisher: Akashic Books ISBN: 1617755036 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 345
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“This funny, perceptive and ambitious work of historical fiction by a Kenyan poet and novelist explores his country’s colonial past and its legacy.” —The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice Set in the shadow of Kenya’s independence from Great Britain, Dance of the Jakaranda reimagines the special circumstances that brought black, brown and white men together to lay the railroad that heralded the birth of the nation. The novel traces the lives and loves of three men—preacher Richard Turnbull, the colonial administrator Ian McDonald, and Indian technician Babu Salim—whose lives intersect when they are implicated in the controversial birth of a child. Years later, when Babu’s grandson Rajan—who ekes out a living by singing Babu’s epic tales of the railway’s construction—accidentally kisses a mysterious stranger in a dark nightclub, the encounter provides the spark to illuminate the three men’s shared, murky past. With its riveting multiracial, multicultural cast and diverse literary allusions, Dance of the Jakaranda could well be a story of globalization. Yet the novel is firmly anchored in the African oral storytelling tradition, its language a dreamy, exalted, and earthy mix that creates new thresholds of identity, providing a fresh metaphor for race in contemporary Africa. “Destined to become one of the greats . . . This is not hyperbole: it’s a masterpiece.” —The Gazette “A fascinating part of Kenya’s history, real and imagined, is revealed and reclaimed by one of its own.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “Kimani’s novel has an impressive breadth and scope.” —Los Angeles Review of Books “Highlighted by its exquisite voice, Kimani’s novel is a standout debut.” —Publishers Weekly “Lyrical and powerful.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author: Bishnu Goswami Publisher: Bishnu Goswami ISBN: Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 106
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Jacaranda is a genus of forty-nine flowering plants which were once native to the Americas but now has a cosmopolitan distribution. Its literal meaning is "aroma" or "fragrance". Besides being one of the favourite flowers of the person the author dedicated this book to, the author wants to illustrate why he chose this name for this work of poetry. In his own words, "There are an additional two reasons behind the nomenclature. Jacaranda's perfume, you see, their aroma is not too heavy, with just a slight tinge of sweetness. That's what Nature is often in its true self. It's fallen leaves narrate an earthly honey smell, it's the little jest that Earth plays on you, which makes you smile and look forward for the coming days". Asked for the second reason, the author quipped "I want to look forward for the coming months, my 50th book, one more that the current bouquet Jacaranda has to offer", as he smiled. This work of poetry is differentiated into three sections, namely redrawn, reunion, and reading the diary. The poems blend the influences of the old masters from the Victorian era, the era of English-Language modernism and also certain musical forms of vocal deliveries which are often over a backing beat. Redrawn consists of poems on a diverse variety of themes, which were written in a wide span of time. reunion encompasses the poetic interpretation of the author when he had a reunion with his friends from school, to them he dedicated those poems. Finally, reading the diary is the poetic reincarnation of the author's diary from the year 2007, which he covers meticulously for a month. Along with the pertinent date for each poem, every day's entry in the diary also get an unique name of their own. Hope you enjoy the read!
Author: Anni Domingo Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1643139274 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 463
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A richly imagined story of two sisters' struggle for true freedom in the mid-nineteenth century as their paths diverge in the middle passage—one to the court of Queen Victoria, the other to an American plantation. Salimatu and her sister Fatmata are captured, sold to slavers, renamed and split apart. Forced to change their names to Sarah and Faith, they end up on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Faith is taken to America, where slavery is still legal and she is stripped of all rights. Sarah ends up in a Victorian England and as the goddaughter of Queen Victoria. Can the two sisters reclaim their freedom and identity in a world that is trying to break them down? Will these once inseparable sisters survive without each other? And if they do find each other again, will they find the other changed beyond recognition? Based on the true story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Breaking the Maafa Chain is by turns epic and intimate and will take the readers on a journey of loss, survival, and hope.
Author: Mehreen Ahmed
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