My name is Salma by Fadia Faqir

Salma Ibrahim El-Musa, a young girl from Saudi Arabia, flees her home after falling pregnant. With the help of nuns, she ends up in Exeter, a city in Devon County in England. There she struggles to make a new life … Continue reading

For The Love of a Son by Jean Sasson

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“One Afghan woman’s quest for her stolen child” At a very young age, Maryam could distinguish the difference as to how females and men get viewed/treated in Afghanistan so as a young girl; Maryam decided that she wanted to be … Continue reading

The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

The Dumas Club by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

The  Club Dumas is an engaging and enjoyable mystery novel. It is quite a work of literary fiction. At stages, it left me confused but then I learnt to keep my focus as this was a novel that made you … Continue reading

The Emperor’s Bones by Adam Williams

The Emperor's Bones

I found the historical background of the novel quite magical set in the 19th Century and the storyline kept me interested throughout the whole novel. The characters were well developed and you could easily be drawn into the storyline, becoming … Continue reading