1950
A01=Madeline Dewhurst
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Madeline Dewhurst
automatic-update
betrayal
Category1=Fiction
Category=FA
Category=FBA
colonial britain
Contemporary
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_modern-contemporary
eq_nobargain
Fiction
Kenya
Language_English
London
Madeline Dewhurst
Mistery
PA=Available
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
softlaunch
thriller
Product details
- ISBN 9781785632303
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 26 Apr 2021
- Publisher: Eye Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Edith, an elderly widow with a large house in an Islington garden square, needs a carer. Lauren, a nail technician born in the East End, needs somewhere to live. A rent-free room in lieu of pay seems the obvious solution, even though the pair have nothing in common. Or do they? Why is Lauren so fascinated by Edith's childhood in colonial Kenya? Is Paul, the handsome lodger in the basement, the honest broker he appears? And how does Charity, a Kenyan girl brutally tortured during the Mau Mau rebellion, fit into the equation? Capturing the spirited interplay between two women divided by class, generation and a deeper gulf from the past, and offering vivid flashbacks to 1950s East Africa, Madeline Dewhurst's captivating debut spins a web of secrets and deceit - where it's not always obvious who is the spider and who is the fly.
Madeline Dewhurst is an academic in English and Creative Writing at the Open University. Her previous writing includes fiction, journalism and drama. Charity, which was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award, is her first novel.
