TBR 6: This Is Where I Am

    "Glasgow. A city of colour and contrast. A place where two worlds collide - and are changed forever. When the Scottish Refugee Council assigns Deborah Maxwell to act as Somali refugee Abdi's new mentor, the two are drawn into an awkward friendship. They must spend a year together, meeting once a month in a different part of Glasgow. As recently-widowed Deborah opens Abdi's eyes to her beloved city and its people, he teaches her about the importance of family - and of laying ghosts to rest. All Abdi has brought with him is his four-year-old daughter, Rebecca, who lives in a silence no one can reach, until one day Rebecca starts talking, and they realise why she stopped.

    Heartbreaking, uplifting and unforgettable, this is a novel of loss and guilt, friendship and hope, and of what can grow from the ashes of the past."

    This Is Where I Am is by Karen Campbell and is to be a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.

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    That concludes today's selection from the TBR piles - I hope some of these books have caught your eye as they have mine.

Comments

[LizF]

They all look really good in their different ways and have all gone on my list - though heaven only knows when I will get around to actually reading them!

[Cornflower]

I know: so many books!