We don't want to tell you what happens in this book. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know enough to buy it so we will just say this: It is extremely tunny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn't. And [...]
Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and Costa Novel of the Year, this international bestseller has become a reading group classic. We don't want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so w[...]
Usually, this is where we'd tell you what this book is about. But with Chris Cleave, it's a bit different. Because if you've read THE OTHER HAND or INCENDIARY, you'll know that what his books are about is only part of the story - what really matters is how they make you feel.
GOLD is abou[...]
Usually, this is where we'd tell you what this book is about. But with Chris Cleave, it's a bit different. Because if you've read THE OTHER HAND or INCENDIARY, you'll know that what his books are about is only part of the story - what really matters is how they make you feel.
GOLD is abou[...]
The extraordinary third novel from Chris Cleave, author of the internationally bestselling, Costa-shortlisted THE OTHER HAND. Kate and Zoe are friends but also ardent rivals - athletes at the top of their game, fighting to compete in the world's greatest sporting contest. Each scarred by tragedy, an[...]
You aren't stupid. You know there's no such thing as a perfect mother. Plenty of other books will tell you there is, but this one won't lie to you. I was weak and I cheated and I was punished, but my god I loved my child through all of it. Love means you never break, and it means you're stronger tha[...]
British couple Andrew and Sarah O'Rourke, vacationing on a Nigerian beach in a last-ditch effort to save their faltering marriage, come across Little Bee and her sister, Nigerian refugees fleeing from machete-wielding soldiers intent on clearing the beach. The horrific confrontation that follows cha[...]
British couple Andrew and Sarah O'Rourke, vacationing on a Nigerian beach in a last-ditch effort to save their faltering marriage, come across Little Bee and her sister, Nigerian refugees fleeing from machete-wielding soldiers intent on clearing the beach. The horrific confrontation that follows cha[...]
WE DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS BOOK. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn't. And it[...]
WE DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS BOOK.
It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it.
Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this:
It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific.
The story starts there, but the book does[...]
The extraordinary third novel from Chris Cleave, author of the internationally bestselling, Costa-shortlisted THE OTHER HAND. Kate and Zoe are friends but also ardent rivals - athletes at the top of their game, fighting to compete in the world's greatest sporting contest. Each scarred by tragedy, an[...]
Published for the first time in flipback - the new, portable, stylish format that's taken Europe by storm.
don't want to tell you what happens in this book. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know enough to buy it so we will just say this[...]
The extraordinary third novel from Chris Cleave, author of the internationally bestselling, Costa-shortlisted THE OTHER HAND. Usually, this is where we'd tell you what this book is about. But with Chris Cleave, it's a bit different. Because if you've read THE OTHER HAND or INCENDIARY, you'll know th[...]
IT'S THE ULTIMATE TEST OF A MOTHER'S LOVE . . . IF your dreams pull you in one direction and your heart in another, which should you follow? This is the question that haunts Kate Meadows, a world champion athlete whose eight-year-old daughter Sophie is battling a recurrence of childhood leukemia jus[...]
Since Cleave's Incendiary which envisioned a London Tube bombing was published on the day the actual bombing occurred one wonders what secrets lie coiled within this portrait of an illegal Nigerian immigrant and the English housewife she once met on an African beach[...]
The latest novel from Chris Cleave--the award-winning and international #1 bestselling author of "Little Bee"--is "a heartstring-tugger with an adrenaline-fueled plot" ("People") that asks: how much are we willing to sacrifice for the people we love?An instant "New York Times" bestseller in hardcove[...]
Ny roman fra forfatteren av storsuksessen "Little Bee". Her vever Cleave nok en gang en intens, hjerteskjærende og viktig fortelling. Vi møter Sophie på åtte år, hun er alvorlig syk, redd, men først og fremst opptatt av å skåne foreldrene. For hvordan skal det gå med dem hvis hun, og sykdom[...]
Den unge, nigerianske flyktningen Little Bee har tilbrakt to år i et britisk asylmottak under forferdelige forhold. Da hun kommer ut, oppsøker hun den eneste engelske personen hun kjenner, enken Sarah. De møttes på en strand i Nigeria, hvor Sarah var på ferie med ektemannen Andrew. Nå konfront[...]
Et ungt engelsk ektepar, Sarah og Andrew, reiser til Nigeria for å prøve å gjenopplive et skrantende forhold. En dag våger de seg utenfor ferieparadisets bevoktede område og møter to søstre på vill flukt fra soldatene som har utslettet landsbyen deres. Sarah og Andrew befinner seg plutselig [...]
I två år har den nigerianska flickan Little Bee suttit inlåst på en flyktingförläggning utanför London. Tiden har hon ägnat åt att studera engelska och fundera ut olika sätt att ta livet av sig - ifall männen som tvingade henne på flykt plötsligt skulle dyka upp.
Hon är art[...]
Efter succén med Little Bee kommer här Chris Cleave med en ny stark roman. Guld är den gripande berättelsen om de två vännerna Kate och Zoe som kämpar mot varandra om en guldmedalj i cykling under OS i London.
Den hängivna och självuppoffrande Kate har kanske en mer naturlig beg[...]
Efter att ha suttit inlåst i två år får tonårsflickan Little Bee lämna flyktingförläggningen utanför London. Där har hon lärt sig engelska så som drottningen talar. Samtidigt har hon funderat ut olika sätt att ta livet av sig om männen som fick henne att fly från sitt land plötsligt [...]
I två år har den nigerianska flickan Little Bee suttit inlåst på en flyktingförläggning utanför London. Tiden har hon ägnat åt att studera engelska och fundera ut olika sätt att ta livet av sig - ifall männen som tvingade henne på flykt plötsligt skulle dyka upp.
Hon är art[...]