Squash

Smuk og stemningsfuld debutroman om sorg, søsterskab og en teenagepiges kamp for at finde sig selv. 11-årige Gopi har spillet squash, siden hun kunne holde på en ketsjer. Da hendes mor dør, indrullerer hendes far hende i et hårdt træningsregime, og spillet bliver hendes verden. Langsomt vokser hun fra sine søstre, og hendes liv reduceres til sporten: serven, volleyen, drevet og skuddet. Men hun er ikke alene: På banen er hun sammen med sin far og den talentfulde 13-årige dreng Ged. "Western Lane" er en uimodståelig coming of age-historie, der hylder uskylden og familien. Om forfatteren: Chetna Maroo er født i Kenya og har boet Storbritannien, siden hun var et år. Hun er vokset op i Luton, i en søskendeflok på seks. Hun har fået udgivet noveller i bl.a. The Paris Review. "Western Lane", som er hendes debutroman, var longlisted til Booker-prisen.

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