There's a Monster Behind the Door by Gaelle Belem

There's a Monster Behind the Door by Gaelle BelemThe name Dessaintes is one to reckon with. A bombastic, violent and increasingly dangerous clan, little do they know that their downfall is being chronicled by one of their own. This is La Runion in the 1980s: high unemployment and low expectations, the legacy of postcolonialism. One little girl makes a bid for escape from her sadistic parents reign of terror and turns to school for salvation. Rich in the history of the islands customs and

readers are introduced to the world of psychology and those who formed the science as we know it

Bessie Head

and head and tail bands

Yiyun Li and Zakia Sewell

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let it sit with you while you eat

our families

They resonate to the core of experience

roaming the streets for so long as to be barely noticed

Stories from the Gallery Cafe

A collection of early short stories which helped make Fitzgerald's name

his son Billy