Search results for ""Author Margie Orford""
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Little Red Hen
Book SynopsisLittle Red Hen is feeling peckish and decides to make bread; she asks her friends for help but they all refuse. Will she have to do everything by herself? Engaging and beautifully illustrated, this story teaches children the importance of lending a helping hand and the value of sharing. A retelling of a beloved children's fable, this story reflects African contexts while maintaining the universal appeal of the original.
£7.50
Canongate Books The Eye of the Beholder
Book SynopsisLONGLISTED FOR THE SA SUNDAY TIMES FICTION AWARD When danger lies in the eye of the beholder, what happens when you reject its pull?Cora carries secrets her daughter can't know.Freya is frightened by what her mother leaves unsaid.Angel will only bury the past if it means putting her abusers into the ground.One act of violence sets the three women on a collision course, each desperate to find the truth. In a nail-biting thriller set between the scorched red soil of South Africa, the pitiless snowfields of Canada and the chilly lochsides of western Scotland, each woman must contend with the spectres of male violence, sexual abuse and the choices we each make to keep our souls.Trade ReviewA tale of love and abuse that is as powerful as it is elegant - and it grips like a vice, too -- IAN RANKINSubtle, chilling to the bone and very contemporary. Margie Orford has a quietly understated, beautiful literary style -- PETER JAMESOrford truly understands the transformative effect of violence for those who survive it and those who visit it upon others. It gives her writing visceral power -- DAMIAN BARRThe acclaimed 'Queen of Crime fiction' in South Africa takes a further step into the dark. The result is as compelling as it is frightening and deeply thought provoking. The Eye of the Beholder is sure to play a key role in the ongoing debate about what women and men are, and can be, for each other in these violent times -- JACQUELINE ROSEA suspenseful and wise study of surviving sexual abuse and trauma. Orford's prose is piercingly beautiful -- KIM SHERWOODUtterly brilliant. Gorgeous, unflinching and a total surprise -- FIAMMETTA ROCCOMargie Orford invented the genre and mastered it -- POPPY SEBAG-MONTEFIOREA hard-hitting, affecting novel about women who refuse to allow men off the hook -- DECLAN BURKE * * Irish Times * *A subtle, confrontational and disturbing read . . . mirrors contemporary society in a thought-provoking way -- Margaret Von Klemperer * * Sunday Times, South Africa * *An immersive and chilling experience that compels the reader to confront the rage and shame the victims feel . . . hard to put down, even as it makes your blood curdle -- Mamaputle Boikanyo * * Mail & Guardian * *
£9.49
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Magic Fish
Book SynopsisA poor fisherman and his brother live in a grass hut by the sea. One day, the fisherman catches a magic talking fish, which he immediately sets free. He tells his brother what has happened and his brother demands that he go and ask the magic fish for a bigger house. The magic fish grants the fisherman's wish. Will his brother be satisfied or will he be greedy and ask for more?
£8.07
Canongate Books The Eye of the Beholder
Book SynopsisWhen danger lies in the eye of the beholder, what happens when you reject its pull?Cora carries secrets her daughter can't know.Freya is frightened by what her mother leaves unsaid.Angel will only bury the past if it means putting her abusers into the ground.One act of violence sets the three women on a collision course, each desperate to find the truth. In a nail-biting thriller set between the scorched red soil of South Africa, the pitiless snowfields of Canada and the chilly lochsides of western Scotland, each woman must contend with the spectres of male violence, sexual abuse and the choices we each make to keep our souls.Trade ReviewA tale of love and abuse that is as powerful as it is elegant - and it grips like a vice, too -- IAN RANKINSubtle, chilling to the bone and very contemporary. Margie Orford has a quietly understated, beautiful literary style -- PETER JAMESOrford truly understands the transformative effect of violence for those who survive it and those who visit it upon others. It gives her writing visceral power -- DAMIAN BARRThe acclaimed 'Queen of Crime fiction' in South Africa takes a further step into the dark. The result is as compelling as it is frightening and deeply thought provoking. The Eye of the Beholder is sure to play a key role in the ongoing debate about what women and men are, and can be, for each other in these violent times -- JACQUELINE ROSEA suspenseful and wise study of surviving sexual abuse and trauma. Orford's prose is piercingly beautiful -- KIM SHERWOODUtterly brilliant. Gorgeous, unflinching and a total surprise -- FIAMMETTA ROCCOMargie Orford invented the genre and mastered it -- POPPY SEBAG-MONTEFIOREA hard-hitting, affecting novel about women who refuse to allow men off the hook -- DECLAN BURKE * * Irish Times * *A subtle, confrontational and disturbing read . . . mirrors contemporary society in a thought-provoking way -- Margaret Von Klemperer * * Sunday Times, South Africa * *An immersive and chilling experience that compels the reader to confront the rage and shame the victims feel . . . hard to put down, even as it makes your blood curdle -- Mamaputle Boikanyo * * Mail & Guardian * *
£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Daddys Girl
Book Synopsis
£10.79
