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 Libri
Questa autrice approfondisce le complessità della fede, dell'Islam e dello sviluppo globale, utilizzando un intelletto acuto per esplorare il complesso cambiamento sociale e politico. La sua scrittura è plasmata da una vasta esperienza giornalistica, affrontando una vasta gamma di argomenti. Con un profondo interesse per le pratiche contemplative, cerca di comprendere il potenziale della mindfulness nella politica pubblica, in particolare nella sanità e nell'istruzione. Il suo lavoro riflette la dedizione a collegare l'intuizione personale con le sfide sociali più ampie.
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
- 400pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
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
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
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.