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000824524X
Book The long road from Kandahar; Sara MacDonald
Year: 2022
Language: English
Type: Book
Class Number: F
Category: Fiction
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022
Physical or Electronic: Physical
ISBN: 9780008245245
Notes:
Pakistan. Among the almond orchards of the Swat Valley, Zamir tends goats with his son, Raza. He must make a heartbreaking decision if he is to protect his youngest child from the Taliban. Afghanistan. On a military base in Lashkar Gah, Ben lives on edge, wondering if his family will be the next to receive life-changing news from the front line. Cornwall. And in a ramshackle house on the Cornish coast, Ben's mother Delphi, an artist, offers a refuge to her grandson Finn, as he retreats from the changes he senses in his family. When Raza and Finn, two boys from impossibly different worlds, meet, they are united by their loneliness. But will their unexpected bond be enough to save not just each other, but also their families, just as all their lives are about to change forever?
Extent: 480 pages, 20 cm, pbk
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Year: 2019
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: When Gabby's husband accepts a transfer to Pakistan, she discovers a new world of heat and colour, of exotic bazaars and trips to the breath-taking Kashmiri mountains. It is an escape she didn't know she was looking for. But then a shocking letter from her sister reveals a devastating secret. Gabby is transported back to her childhood home on the Cornish coast, and as memories unravel, so too does her new life in Karachi. Will Gabby find the courage to face the dark secrets and embrace a different future?
436 pages ; 20 cm (pbk)
