Soon, the state will decide that Frida is not fit to care for her daughter. But then the neighbours heard her crying. She had a work deadline - an article to finish, a job hanging by a thread, a file she'd left in the office.
The Blurb: Frida Liu had fed and changed her toddler Harriet. In May we’ll be discussing The School for Good Mothers, Jessamine Chan’s debut novel. Wednesday 3 May: The School for Good Mothers Library copies are first come, first served (you can also buy your own at one from our friends at the Wairarapa’s many great local bookstores.)Īny questions, contact of the Wairarapa, you are never alone! New to Zoom? It’s easy-we’ll help you connect. We hold our meetings on Zoom, so you can join us right from your favourite reading chair. New to book clubs? Come join us! There’s nothing quite like the pleasure of talking about something you just read with some nice folks who’ve read it, too. each First Wednesday for some great conversation! Here’s how to join:īorrow one of our library copies free of charge.
the most significant work of Sri Lankan fiction in a decade.The WLS Evening Book Club is a very simple affair, open to all. 'Recalls the mordant wit and surrealism of Gogol and Bulgakov.' Guardian Sri Lanka's foremost author delivers a rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing truths. He has seven moons to try and contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to a hidden cache of photos that will rock Sri Lanka. At a time where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts with grudges who cluster round can attest.īut even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali.
His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira lake and he has no idea who killed him. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. Now with added author content - a Map of Colombo as viewed from the afterlife + Dramatis PersonaeĪ magical realism whodunnit set amid Sri Lanka's civil warĬolombo, 1990. SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2023
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