This World Refugee Day, on Saturday 20th June, a special online discussion with the writers of Shatila Stories will take place via Zoom…
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A book that pulls out the (full) stops
Title: Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman Author: Friedrich Christian Delius £: 8.99 What is it all about? This is a story of a woman trying to escape the reality of war. Unusually told with one 105 page-long sentence. But rather than a hard to read jumble, the words follow the woman as […]
An ocean of trouble in touching tale
Title: Beside the Sea Author: Véronique Olmi £: 8.99 What is it about? A short novel about the relationship between a mother and her children. The book is about the mother’s irrational fears and told from her point of view. It centres on a trip she takes with her sons to the seaside. Not a […]