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Before the Rains
₦5,000A romantic, heart-wrenching tale of love against the odds from the Number One Sunday Timesbestselling author
1930, Rajputana, India. Since her husband’s death, 28-year-old photojournalist Eliza’s only companion has been her camera. When the British Government send her to an Indian princely state to photograph the royal family, she’s determined to make a name for herself.
But when Eliza arrives at the palace she meets Jay, the Prince’s handsome, brooding brother. While Eliza awakens Jay to the poverty of his people, he awakens her to the injustices of British rule. Soon Jay and Eliza find they have more in common than they think. But their families – and society – think otherwise. Eventually they will have to make a choice between doing what’s expected, or following their hearts. . .
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The Seperation By Dinah Jefferies (Hardcover)
₦5,000The Separation By Dinah Jefferies (Author)
The Separation, Dinah Jefferies’ stunning debut novel, is the heartbreaking tale of a family fractured by lies and one mother’s love reaching across the distance of years and continents.
A country at war with itself,
a family divided and betrayed,
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The Sapphire Widow By Dinah Jefferies
₦5,000A sweeping, breath-taking story of love and betrayal from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author of The Tea Planter’s Wife
Ceylon, 1935. Louisa Reeve, the daughter of a successful British gem trader, and her husband Elliot, a charming, thrill-seeking businessman, seem like the couple who have it all. Except what they long for more than anything: a child.
While Louisa struggles with miscarriages, Elliot is increasingly absent, spending much of his time at a nearby cinnamon plantation, overlooking the Indian ocean. After his sudden death, Louisa is left alone to solve the mystery he left behind. Revisiting the plantation at Cinnamon Hills, she finds herself unexpectedly drawn towards the owner Leo, a rugged outdoors man with a chequered past. The plantation casts a spell, but all is not as it seems. And when Elliot’s shocking betrayal is revealed, Louisa has only Leo to turn to…
‘A sweeping tale, beautifully written in a wonderful setting, heartrending yet ultimately uplifting. Gorgeous.’ Katie Fforde
‘The sights, smells and atmosphere of Ceylon are beautifully depicted. This is Dinah Jefferies at her best’ Lucinda Riley
‘Dinah Jefferies has a remarkable gift for conjuring up another time and place with lush descriptions, full of power and intensity’ Kate Furnivall -
The Friendship Promise by Umm Zakiyyah
₦6,000Maryam is the daughter of strict Pakistani-American parents who do not want her around American Muslims. However, they decide to bend their rules to help a divorced American convert to Islam, whose free-spirited daughter Samira is in need of Muslim friends. But when Samira convinces Maryam to disobey their parents, Maryam is worried they may have gone too far. Originally published as A Friendship Promise by Ruby Moore (Umm Zakiyyah):
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Prejudice Bones in My Body By Umm Zakiyyah
₦22,000Speaking frankly about her experiences with Muslim racism, victim culture, self-hate, and spiritual abuse, in these essays, Prejudice Bones in My Body By Umm Zakiyyah encourages the honesty and personal accountability necessary for healing.
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Muslim Girl by Umm Zakiyyah
₦8,500Faith turns to shame, confidence to doubt, and conviction to rebellion. Inaya was only nine when her mother converted to Islam and moved the family to Saudi Arabia. Now, at sixteen years old, Inaya returns to America and decides to remove her Muslim clothes and hide her religion at school.
…And she hopes to get the attention of a boy she likes. But she has no idea how to hide this double life from her mother, and from everyone who admires her strong faith.
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A Sackful Of Wishes by Azizah Idris
₦4,000A Sackful of Wishes by Azizah Idris is a story about Hadiza Musa, 25-years old, has been through hell. As a bubbly, fun-loving teenager, she marries the impulsive Abdurrazaq Zanna, known as AR, and for eight years suffers, starvation, rape and mental abuse from an increasingly obsessive husband.
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Written in the Stars By Aisha Saeed
₦5,000Naila’s conservative immigrant parents have always said the same thing: You may choose what you want to be when you grow up, but we will choose your husband. Dating, even a friendship with a boy, is forbidden. So when Naila falls in love with Saif, a Pakistani-American classmate, and tries to date him on the sly, her parents are livid.
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Every Day Is for the Thief By Teju Cole
₦5,000NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY DWIGHT GARNER, THE NEW YORK TIMES – NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle – NPR – The Root – The Telegraph – The Globe and Mail
NATIONAL BESTSELLER – FINALIST, PHILLIS WHEATLEY BOOK AWARD – TEJU COLE WAS NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICANS OF THE YEAR BY NEW AFRICAN MAGAZINEFor readers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Michael Ondaatje, Every Day Is for the Thief is a wholly original work of fiction by Teju Cole, whose critically acclaimed debut, Open City, was the winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was named one of the best books of the year by more than twenty publications.
Fifteen years is a long time to be away from home. It feels longer still because I left under a cloud.
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Mad About You By Sinéad Moriarty
₦22,000Emma and James Hamilton have weathered lots of storms in their ten-year marriage. From the heartbreak of infertility, to the craziness of then becoming parents to two babies in one year, to coping with James losing his job, somehow they have always worked as a team.
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Journey
Original price was: ₦6,000.₦4,000Current price is: ₦4,000.‘Journey’ is an entirely fictional Islamic novel, written very much with the non-Muslim reader in mind. The story is one anyone can relate to, regardless of their faith, but which highlights some of the values and practices of the Islamic faith.
Born into affluence and privilege, Zainab has always lived her life as only she sees fit. Faced with and unexpected and devastating disarray of her smooth sailing life, she must now re-evaluate her values and outlook to life.
Through pain and love, she finds her way to a meaningful and more purposeful existence which leads her on a journey to the greatest battle she will face, the outcome of which depends on decisions and actions only she can make.
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Three Daughters of Eve By Elif Shafak [Paperback]
₦4,500In Three Daughters of Eve By Elif Shafak, she has given us a rich and moving story that humanizes and personalizes one of the most profound sea changes of the modern world.