Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Compelling and timely novel on refugee's struggle


When: SATURDAY June 3rd at 7:30pm (meeting moved again)*
Where: Eva's
Book: Dalila
Author: Jason Donald

****Jason is a friend of our book club and will be in the area the weekend of the meeting and is planning to attend our meeting. He wrote part of the book while living in Saanenland.*****

Review in the Guardian

From Amazon.com:
"'As compelling as it is tough, sidestepping piety in favour of clear-eyed infectious anger.' - Rebecca Nicolson Sunday Times


Irene Dalila Mwathi comes from Kenya with a brutally violent personal history. Once she wanted to be a journalist, now all she wants is to be safe. When she finally arrives, bewildered, in London, she is attacked by the very people paid to protect her, and she has no choice but to step out on her own into this strange new world. Through a dizzying array of interviews, lawyer’s meetings, regulations and detention centres, she realises that what she faces may be no less dangerous than the violence she has fled...."


Link to the buying the book on Amazon.com.

* Meeting moved to accommodate holiday and the author's presence