Secret Son

Author : Laila Lalami
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616200014
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secret Son written by Laila Lalami and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-05-09 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised by his mother in a one-room house in the slums of Casablanca, Youssef El Mekki has always had big dreams of living another life in another world. Suddenly his dreams are within reach when he discovers that his father—whom he’d been led to believe was dead—is very much alive. A wealthy businessman, he seems eager to give his son a new start. Youssef leaves his mother behind to live a life of luxury, until a reversal of fortune sends him back to the streets and his childhood friends. Trapped once again by his class and painfully aware of the limitations of his prospects, he becomes easy prey for a fringe Islamic group. In the spirit of The Inheritance of Loss and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Laila Lalami’s debut novel looks at the struggle for identity, the need for love and family, and the desperation that grips ordinary lives in a world divided by class, politics, and religion.

Author : Jenny Ackland
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 192526808X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Son written by Jenny Ackland and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I know that two men are coming up the mountain, at this moment, including the boy from far away. I wonder what my grandson's face will look like.This is a boy in the skin of a man.I know the boy is innocent, that it's his family soul which is guilty. An old woman sits waiting in a village that clings to a Turkish mountainside, where the women weave rugs, make tea and keep blood secrets that span generations. Berna can see what others cannot, so her secrets are deeper and darker than most. It is time for her to tell her story, even though the man for whom her words are meant won't hear them. It is time for the truth to be told. Nearly a hundred years before, her father James had come to the village on the back of a donkey, gravely ill, rescued from the abandoned trenches of Gallipoli by a Turkish boy whose life he had earlier spared. James made his life there, never returning to Australia and never realising that his own father was indeed the near-mythical bushranger that the gossips had hinted at when he'd been a boy growing up in Beechworth. Now, as Berna waits, a young man from Melbourne approaches to visit his parents' village, against the vehement opposition of his cursed, tight-lipped grandfather. What is the astonishing story behind the dark deeds that connect the two men, unknown to each other and living almost a century apart? The Secret Son is a remarkable debut, a dazzlingly original, audacious and exhilarating novel. At once joyous and haunting, it is a moving meditation on love, honour and belonging, as well as a story about the strength of women and what it means to be a good man.

Author : Hannah Mary McKinnon
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 1488088624
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Her Secret Son written by Hannah Mary McKinnon and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting his late girlfriend’s son turns one man’s life upside down in this domestic thriller by the author of The Neighbors. When Josh’s longtime partner, Grace, dies in a tragic accident, he is left with a mess of grief—and full custody of her seven-year-old son, Logan. While not his biological father, Josh has been a dad to Logan in every way that counts, and with Grace gone, Logan needs him more than ever. Wanting to do right by Logan, Josh begins the process of becoming his legal guardian—something that seems suddenly urgent, though Grace always brushed it off as an unnecessary formality. But now, as Josh struggles to find the paperwork associated with Logan’s birth, he begins to wonder whether there were more troubling reasons for Grace’s reluctance to make their family official. As he digs deeper into the past of the woman he loved, Josh soon finds that there are many dark secrets to uncover, and that the truth about where Logan came from is much more sinister than he could have imagined . . . Tightly paced and brimming with tension, Her Secret Son is a heartbreakingly honest portrait of a family on the edge of disaster and a father desperate to hold on to the boy who changed his life. Praise for Her Secret Son “An engrossing mix of suspense, grief, and family drama . . . a powerful tale.” —Kimberly Belle, author of The Marriage Lie “Emotionally tense and brimming with secrets, McKinnon showcases love in all its purity and peril.” —Mindy Mejia, author of Leave No Trace “If readers are expecting this to be just another domestic suspense tale, then they’re in for a wonderful surprise. . . . Her Secret Son will shock, flabbergast, and hook readers into reading frantically way past their planned stopping point.” —Fresh Fiction

Author : Laila Lalami
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 156512751X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits written by Laila Lalami and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2005-10-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A dream of a debut, by turns troubling adn glorious, angry and wise.” —Junot Diaz Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits evokes the grit and enduring grace that is modern Morocco. As four Moroccans illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain, author Laila Lalami asks, What has driven them to risk their lives? And will the rewards prove to be worth the danger? There’s Murad, a gentle, unemployed man who’s been reduced to hustling tourists around Tangier; Halima, who’s fleeing her drunken husband and the slums of Casablanca; Aziz, who must leave behind his devoted wife in hope of securing work in Spain; and Faten, a student and religious fanatic whose faith is at odds with an influential man determined to destroy her future. Sensitively written with beauty and boldness, this is a gripping book about what propels people to risk their lives in search of a better future.

Author : Rachael Thomas
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1459292901
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Di Marcello's Secret Son written by Rachael Thomas and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Italian billionaire discovers the ultimate thrill when a beautiful woman from his past reveals a shocking piece of news in this international romance. Antonio Di Marcello relishes a challenge. So, for the sake of a bet, he leaves his billionaire lifestyle behind for two weeks. Going undercover as a mechanic should be easy—until he crosses paths with Sadie Parker. Four years after their fevered fling stripped away his iron guard, he’s confronted with the shocking consequences . . . Sadie gave up hope on her desperate attempts to contact Antonio. Now she has to face the day she’s both dreaded and longed for! Yet Antonio’s claim over her and her son is hard to resist—especially when he uses his considerable powers of seduction to get what he wants!

Author : Miho Tomoi
Publisher : Harlequin / SB Creative
ISBN 13 : 4596490686
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book LIAM'S SECRET SON written by Miho Tomoi and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2023-02-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My former love appears before me once again and my feelings are overflowing… Laura’s publisher receives a manuscript from an unknown author. Could it be the work of bestselling author Liam O’Reilly? Eight years ago, Laura loved Liam, but he left for the United States to make a movie adaptation of his novel and she never heard from him again. By the time she realized she was pregnant, he had already married another woman. Despite that painful betrayal, Laura decides to meet Liam again. Being with him once more reminds her of the sweet moments they once shared together, but she has a big secret she still hasn’t told him…

Author : Jeanine Englert
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 148807206X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Highlander's Secret Son written by Jeanine Englert and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His first love Now his sworn enemy… What was Fiona MacDonald doing on the run across his lands? With a wee baby, as well! Brandon had once loved this woman with all his heart, until her family had killed so many of his clan. As the new Campbell laird, he must make sure she pays the price of her betrayal. But how can he claim his vengeance if what she says is true? That her child is his son and heir! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

Author : Roberta Kagan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781957207001
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Son's Secret written by Roberta Kagan and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My beautiful boy...Created in love? born into hatred.There were so many terrifying stories about the Jews. People called them useless vermin, filthy, dangerous. Before I met Abram, I was afraid of them too. But I am about to tell you a very different story - a forbidden story.My love for Abram defied all reason...as well as German law.Tonight our son giggles with excitement as he blows out the candles on his birthday cake. But our safety is nothing but an illusion. As his candles burn out, a window shatters outside. The room shudders as the synagogue down the street is engulfed in flames.Kristallnacht has begun.When my hidden paradise crumbles like a stack of cards, I must do everything in my power to protect that which is most precious to me. My son's secret must remain hidden.Before we lose everything.

Author : Gordon Lewis
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008127298
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secret Child written by Gordon Lewis and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shocking true story of a young boy hidden away from his family and the world in a Catholic home for unmarried mothers in 1950s Dublin.

Author : Julia James
Publisher : Harlequin / SB Creative
ISBN 13 : 4596069131
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE GREEK'S SECRET SON written by Julia James and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The day of her husband’s funeral, Christine reunites with her past lover Anatole. He is her late husband’s nephew and a successful CEO. Five years ago, Christine spent a dreamlike time with the gorgeous Prince Charming and instantly fell for him…until he dumped her saying that he had no intention of getting married. In her despair, Christine found comfort with Anatole’s uncle, Vasilis, and married him instead. Anatole thinks of Christine as a gold digger who seduced his uncle for his fortune, but there was actually a secret reason behind their marriage…