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These Letters End in Tears

Musih Tedji Xaviere
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781914344381
  • Weight: 400g
  • Dimensions: 160 x 236mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Mar 2024
  • Publisher: Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
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Shortlisted for Book of The Year at The British Book Awards 2025

'If by some chance you happen on these letters, know that I waited for you. And if you don't find me, it is not because I stopped waiting...'

While chasing a rogue football, Fatima crosses paths with Bessem and the instant attraction between the two propels them into a life-changing romance. Despite an atmosphere of threat due to the criminalisation of same-sex relationships in their home country of Cameroon, Fatima and Bessem persevere in living out their love. All seems to be going well, until one day tragedy strikes, and Fatima disappears...

Thirteen years later, Bessem is now a university professor, keeping her sexuality secret but bonding with her equally-closeted friend Jamal and the queer community around her. But Fatima still haunts her. A chance encounter with people from her past, pushes Bessem to finally go after the truth of her lover's whereabouts.

Told mostly through unsent letters, These Letters End in Tears, powerfully charts all the different ways that love, despite all odds, can persevere.
About Musih Tedji Xaviere
Musih Tedji Xaviere is a UK-based Cameroonian author and activist, and an alumna of the Goethe-Institut, the Moth and the African Women Development. She is the winner of the Pontas and JJ Bola Emerging Writers Prize. These Letters End in Tears is her debut novel and has been translated into Italian, Dutch, and Danish.

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