Who Will Catch Us As We Fall
London : Oneworld Publications, 2016.
Format: Book
Description: vi, 442 pages ; 22 cm
Haunted by a past that has kept her from Nairobi for over three years, Leena returns home to discover her family unchanged: her father is still a staunch patriot dreaming of a better country; her mother is still an arch traditionalist, unwilling or unable to let go of the past; and her brother, always the rebellious one, spends his days provoking the establishment as a political activist. When Leena meets a local Kikuyu artist whose past is linked to her own, the two begin a secret affair one that forces Leena to again question her place in a country she once called home.Interlinked with Leenas story is that of Jeffery: a corrupt policeman burdened with his own angers and regrets, and whose questionable actions have unexpected and catastrophic consequences for those closest to him. Spanning a period of twelve years, Who Will Catch Us As We Fall is a gripping and epic story of love, loss and identity in contemporary Kenya.
Subjects:
Families -- Fiction.
Race relations -- Fiction.
Nineteen nineties -- Fiction.
Nairobi (Kenya) -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Race relations -- Fiction.
Nineteen nineties -- Fiction.
Nairobi (Kenya) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781780749365
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Verjee | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |