What Lies Between Us: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (888 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250043948 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Beautiful but heartbreaking" according to Stephanie Edwards. This was a beautifully written story but hard to recommend because the ending left me speechless. I actually felt a bit nauseous. I fell in love with the narrator and her journey through finding herself and her love story but then so broken hearted for her. We all handle our life issues differently but this was a good reminder is why we should confide in. So Tragic Susan K The writing is excellent and is a easy read. With that said, I have to say I did not like the story. Way to sad and depressing. I don't usually mind a sad story but this one was too horrible for me.I blame her husband for the tragedy. He knew she needed help and instead of staying and trying to help, he just leaves. I did not feel that he put too much of. S. Marquez said And this second novel does not disappoint. Imagine a mother. After Munaweera's outstanding debut "Island of a Thousand Mirrors," many readers wondered what she would do next! And this second novel does not disappoint. Imagine a mother, doing the unimaginable, and imagine the reader being able to identify with the horror. Only a skilled writer could attempt this high-wire act, and Munaweera is that writer. Looking
. Her first novel Island of a Thousand Mirrors won the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize for the Asian Region and was longlisted for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize. NAYOMI MUNAWEERA was born in Sri Lanka, and grew up in Nigeria. She emigrated with her family to the United States in her early t
In this new country of freedom, everything she has built begins to crumble around her, and her hold on reality becomes more and more tenuous. When the past and the present collide, she sees only one terrible choice.From Nayomi Munaweera, the award-winning author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors, comes the confession of a woman, driven by the demons of her past to commit a single and possibly unforgivable crime.Praise for Island of a Thousand Mirrors:"The paradisiacal landscapes of Sri Lanka are as astonishing as the barbarity of its revolution, and Munaweera evokes the power of both in a lyrical debut novel wort
From School Library Journal Ganga's childhood is turned upside down by the unexpected death of her father. Ganga's relationship with her mother has always been tumultuous, and it doesn't improve when the girl becomes a typical 1980s American teenager. While the latter part of the novel is written from Ganga's point of view as a new wife and mother, teens will still want to continue reading to find out what happened to the young child and what caused the violence. Once in college, Ganga finally finds love, acceptance, and a relationship, but the young couple's intimacy is tested by an unexpected pregnancy. She and her mother must take advantage of her aunt's hospitality in America—a huge lifestyle change from her father's ancestral home in Sri Lanka. Ganga isn't sure she can be a good mother—she has too ma