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Ancestor Stones by Aminatta Forna
24.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Abie follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to a coffee plantation that now could be hers if she wants it. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the sound of the past, but the layers of years are too many. Thus begins the gathering of her family's history through the tales ...Show more
Ancestor Stones by Aminatta Forna
37.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
When Abie's family leave her a coffee plantation, she returns to Africa to find herself in a place suspended between past and present; between the real world and the unworldly. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the sound of the past, but 'the layers of years in between us were too man ...Show more
Happiness by Aminatta Forna
26.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
'Forna's voice is relentlessly compelling, her ability to summon atmosphere extraordinary ... A thing of lasting beauty' ObserverWaterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the mi ...Show more
Happiness by Aminatta Forna
21.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'Forna's voice is relentlessly compelling, her ability to summon atmosphere extraordinary ... A thing of lasting beauty' ObserverWaterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the mi ...Show more
The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir by Aminatta Forna
24.99 NZD
25.99 (3% off)
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
From being one of the greatest hopes of Africa, Sierra Leone became one of the world's poorest countries, with an average life expectancy of 30. This is intimate portrait of a family, combined with an account of the post-independence period, is deeply moving. As a child in the 1960s, Aminatta Forna s ...Show more
The Hired Man by Aminatta Forna
36.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
A powerful novel about the indelible effects of war and the memories which stir beneath the silence of a quiet Croatian town, from Orange Prize-shortlisted and Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning author Aminatta Forna. Gost is surrounded by mountains and fields of wild flowers. The summer sun burns. Th ...Show more
The Memory of Love(Prize Winner Impac Dublin shortlist 2012) by Aminatta Forna
39.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Adrian Lockheart is a psychologist escaping his life in England. Arriving in Freetown in the wake of civil war, he struggles with the intensity of the heat, dirt and dust, and with the secrets this country hides. Despite the gulf of experience and understanding between them, Adrian finds unexpected frie ...Show more
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