![]() ![]() ![]() Three weeks ago, Jules found an anonymous note telling her not to marry Will. ![]() On Will's side, Johnno is the best man, and the four ushers are four guys they went to boarding school with, Femi, Angus, Duncan and Peter. (Charlie and Jules are very close, but Charlie and Will don't like each other.) Olivia is Julia's younger (19) half-sister. On the bride's side, Charlie is Jules's best friend. The Folly is owned by Aoife (wedding planner) and her husband Freddy. The day before, people arrive on the island. (The book cuts back and forth from the present and the events leading up to the present until the two timelines converge at the very end.) When they turn on, there's a scream and reports of a body. The night of the wedding, there's a storm, and the lights cut out. Jules runs a successful online magazine while Will is the host of a survivalist TV show. On an island off the coast of West Ireland, Julia "Jules" Keegan and Will Slater are having a wedding at a place called the Folly. ![]()
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And how must she comfort the nave and disillusioned Chanu? As a good Muslim girl, Nazneen struggles to not question why things happen. ![]() How can she cross the road without being hit by a car (an operation akin to dodging raindrops in the monsoon)? What is the secret of her bullying neighbor Mrs. Curtis Sittenfeld, author of SisterlandAfter an arranged marriage to Chanu, a man twenty years older, Nazneen is taken to London, leaving her home and heart in the Bangladeshi village where she was born. A novel thats multi-continental, richly detailed and elegantly crafted. A Bangladeshi immigrant in London is torn between the kind, tedious older husband with whom she has an arranged marriage (and children) and the fiery political activist she lusts after. ![]() Book Synopsis A book you wont be able to put down. About the Book Now in paperback, Alis gorgeous first novel is the deeply moving story of one woman, Nazneen, born in a Bangladeshi village and transported to London at age 18 to enter into an arranged marriage. ![]() ![]() They must fight for what they desire-or die trying.įor fans of Throne of Glass, The Cruel Prince, and The Lord of the Rings comes Beck Michael's debut novel with remarkable characters, a budding romance, and gripping action. With danger at every turn and harrowing secrets between them, the quest will require much more than determination. He wants nothing to do with Dyna until he learns she could lead him to a place he has been searching for all his life.īut reaching their destination is not as easy as they thought, nor are they the only ones who search for it. 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