Secrets in the Fire
- 168bladzijden
- 6 uur lezen
This novel brings to life a girl's experience of civil war, life in a refugee village, the loss of both legs in a landmine accident and her long struggle to survive. schovat popis
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Deze serie duikt in de diepe littekens die burgeroorlogen achterlaten en de impact ervan op onschuldige levens, met name kinderen. Het volgt de reizen van jonge protagonisten terwijl ze onvoorstelbare tragedies doorstaan, zoals het verlies van ledematen of dierbaren, en ernaar streven hun leven weer op te bouwen. De verhalen zijn rauw, aangrijpend en benadrukken de ongelooflijke veerkracht van de menselijke geest bij extreme tegenspoed. Het is een verkenning van uithoudingsvermogen en hoop te midden van overweldigende duisternis.
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Playing with Fire
- 240bladzijden
- 9 uur lezen
In the night there was a blue world lit by the moon . . . blue sand trickled between her fingers and swells of seawater moved inside her . . . It was a dream, yet Sofia knew that her time had come. She was fifteen, and childhood was behind her. Sofia takes in sewing, and her older sister, Rosa, works in the vegetable plot to help their mother support their family. Rosa, is strong and beautiful, and she loves boys, and dancing - something that Sofia, with her crutches, will never be able to do. Sofia imagines a boy who will love her for herself - Moonboy - the boy who appears in the night. Then suddenly Rosa falls ill, and Sofia is afraid for her. Their mother puts her faith in African magic, but it's Sofia who must help Rosa face the reality of AIDS, and the difficult road ahead. Playing with Fire is a brave, moving and unflinchingly honest story set in Mozambique. It follows Henning Mankell's earlier novel about Sofia, the unforgettable Secrets in the Fire.
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The unforgettable story of Sofia, a courageous young woman struggling to take care of her poverty-stricken family in Mozambique. This is the third novel about Sofia, which began with a terrible landmine accident in Secrets in the Fire, and continued into her teenage years in Playing with Fire.
