Yasmine Gooneratne, author of The Sweet and Simple Kind, was inspired by her own personal experiences of growing up in Ceylon in the 1940s and the 1950s when writing this epic literary novel. She portrays with detail and intimacy the lasting friendship between two young cousins, and the novel becomes a gripping family drama that’s set against the turbulent backdrop of Ceylon preparing for independence and its subsequent evolution into Sri Lanka. The girls, Tsunami and Latha, have to fight hard for their own personal freedoms, and so become a reminder to women everywhere that life, although sometimes sweet, is never simple.
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Posted 27/01/2010 13:30:22 by Emily Rowland with 0 comments.
In her intelligent, accessible new book, Couples, Kate Figes explores what really goes on in peoples’ lives, helping us to understand our own partnerships and take responsibility for making them work. It is an incisive and important look at how we can learn to make love endure.
Posted 21/01/2010 17:01:19 by Emily Rowland with 0 comments.
Due to popular demand our favourite travel writer, adventurer and motorcycling guru, Charley Boorman, will be appearing live on stage in February and March 2010 as part of a six week UK and Ireland Tour.
Posted 21/01/2010 16:47:26 by Darren Turpin with 0 comments.
Feeling a bit bloated and sluggish, and lacking in energy? Are you annoyed that some people seem to be fit, healthy and happy all the time? Want to find out how they do it?
Posted 05/01/2010 10:45:43 by Darren Turpin with 0 comments.