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Other Names, Other Places - Ola Mustapha - Bog

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Growing up in London with Tunisian parents, wayward Nessie finds herself caught between cultures. Her parents don't want her becoming too English, while at school she doesn't feel ' white enough' or ' African enough' to fit in with any group. She even has multiple names: Nesrine officially, Susu to her family, Nessie to everyone else.And then there's Mrs Brown: a charismatic woman who befriends her parents and soon becomes the glue holding their dysfunctional family together. Yet after a catastrophic betrayal, Mrs Brown abruptly disappears from their lives.Years later, Nessie seeks independence but struggles to escape a pattern of self-sabotage. As unsolved family mysteries resurface, she begins to wonder: what really happened between her parents and Mrs Brown?

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781914148309
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 336
  • Udgivet:
  • 13. juli 2023
  • Størrelse:
  • 142x32x220 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 460 g.
Leveringstid: Ukendt - mangler pt.

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Growing up in London with Tunisian parents, wayward Nessie finds herself caught between cultures. Her parents don't want her becoming too English, while at school she doesn't feel ' white enough' or ' African enough' to fit in with any group. She even has multiple names: Nesrine officially, Susu to her family, Nessie to everyone else.And then there's Mrs Brown: a charismatic woman who befriends her parents and soon becomes the glue holding their dysfunctional family together. Yet after a catastrophic betrayal, Mrs Brown abruptly disappears from their lives.Years later, Nessie seeks independence but struggles to escape a pattern of self-sabotage. As unsolved family mysteries resurface, she begins to wonder: what really happened between her parents and Mrs Brown?

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