This Is Where I Am
1st Edition
Published on 14. March 2013
320 pages
978-1-4088-3272-1 (ISBN)
Description
When recently widowed Deborah Maxwell is assigned by the Scottish Refugee Council to act as mentor to Abdi Hassan, a Somali refugee, the two are drawn into an awkward friendship. They must spend a year together, meeting once a month in different parts of Glasgow. As recently-widowed Deborah opens Abdi's eyes to her beloved city and its people, he teaches her about the importance of family - and of laying your ghosts to rest. All Abdi has brought with him is his four-year-old daughter, Rebecca, who lives in a silence no one can reach. Until, one day, she starts talking. And they discover why she had stopped...
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-3272-1 (9781408832721)
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Karen Campbell
This Is Where I Am
Book
03/2013
Bloomsbury Circus
€36.08
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Karen Campbell is a graduate of Glasgow University's renowned Creative Writing Masters, and author of The Twilight Time, After the Fire, Shadowplay and Proof of Life. A former police officer, Karen Campbell won the Best New Scottish Writer Award in 2009. She lives Galloway, Scotland.
www.karencampbell.co.uk
www.karencampbell.co.uk
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Part One: Away
- 1. January
- 2.
- 3. February
- 4.
- 5. March
- 6.
- 7. April
- 8.
- Part Two: Lost
- 9. May
- 10.
- 11. June
- 12.
- 13. July
- 14.
- 15. August
- 16.
- Part Three: Home
- 17. September
- 18.
- 19. October
- 20.
- 21. November
- 22.
- 23. December
- 24.
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Author
- By the Same Author
- Also Available by Karen Campbell
- eCopyright
