Deze auteur verkent culturele kruispunten en identiteiten door een leven vol diverse ervaringen. Haar proza duikt vaak in thema's van anders-zijn, aanpassing en de zoektocht naar verbondenheid in verschillende omgevingen. Taal en communicatie staan centraal in haar begrip van menselijke connecties en maatschappelijke structuren. Haar werk presenteert een veelzijdig perspectief, gevormd door haar leven in Nigeria, Australië, Engeland, Argentinië en Kenia.
What is the truth? And how do you recognise it when you hear it?Jenny and Pippa are twins. Like many twins they often know what the other is thinking. They complete each other.When Pippa disappears Jenny is left to face the world alone, as she tries to find out what happened to her ‘other half’.But the truth, for Jenny, can be a slippery thing.
When Chala loses her beloved stepfather, it opens the floodgates to a lifetime of secrets. Since childhood, Chala has battled with the guilt she feels for a tragedy that changed the entire course of her life. Now, she is forced to re-evaluate everything she believed about those she loved. On a soul-searching trip to Kenya, Chala learns that some things are harder to bear than the burden she carries. In order to be free, she must return to the past, to the yellow room, and risk finding that the worst things she believes about herself are true. A compelling and emotional drama exploring the power of secrets. *Previously published as Yellow Room* Praise for Shelan Rodger ‘Carefully plotted... unexpected plot twists and revelations are expertly time and delivered.’ The Lady ‘Compelling, evocative, sharply observed and exquisitely written.’ Amanda Jennings, author of The Cliff House