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SET in the tea plantations of Sri Lanka, Mirage traces the lives of Valli and her family, migrants from a village in Tamil Nadu in search of a better livelihood. The novel depicts the lives of indentured labourers working in these plantations and explores the social structure and the norms of plantation life — an arena defined by economic and sexual exploitation. Through Valli’s world,
we gain insight into the complex social relationships — between
husband and wife, parents and child, worker and supervisor, friend and
neighbour — in these remote plantations. Mirage, translated
from the Tamil Thoorathu Pachai, records human dignity in the
face of human brutality. The novel chronicles a hitherto ignored piece
of human history. Wicked WHEN Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, we heard only one side of the story. But what of her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Long before Dorothy drops in, a girl is born in Oz with emerald-green skin. Elphaba, who will grow up to become the infamous witch, is a smart, prickly and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived ideas about the nature of good and evil. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world, Gregory Maguire’s novel is a rich and triumphant feat of imagination and allegory.
WELCOME to the world of Julie Cohen — one of the freshest, funniest voices in romantic fiction. Rosie Fox is a liar. A really, really good liar. But when you’re a stage psychic who’s not actually psychic, you have to be. Then one night, while pretending to commune with the dead relatives and pets of her audience, Rosie makes a startling prediction — which tragically comes true. Suddenly she’s trapped in a media frenzy, spearheaded by the impossibly handsome journalist Harry Blake, a man intent on kick-starting his stalled career by exposing Rosie as a fraud. Yet when his interest in her goes from professional to personal, she thinks she can trust him not to blow her cover — but maybe she’s making a huge mistake. A hilarious romantic comedy that only goes to show that the course of true love is never, ever predictable.
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Mirage
Spirit Willing Flesh Weak