Rich characterisation in this first person novel written from the perspective of a neurodiverse character who has had a challenging life but is a survivor.
Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.
Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and worried police, but also a sinister voice from a past she has no memory of. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, recluse Sally steps into the world for the first time, making new friends, finding independence, and learning that people don't always mean what they say.
It brought home to me the horror of the life of refugees under constant threat as they try to escape growing threat but in a creative and original way.
The protagonist is a young lad who is unable to feel emotions due to a brain condition and explores how he makes his way through life after he loses his protectors and has to face the world and all its confusion on his own.
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The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this poignant and triumphant story about how love, friendship, and persistence can change a life forever.
This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster.
One of the monsters is me.
Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger.…
The police ruled it as misadventure. A young woman falling from a bridge onto Janice Thomason's car was not an act of suicide or murder, just an accident. But for Janice, it feels like fate has thrown them together.
As a genealogist, Janice is used to tracking down clues - is even a little obsessive some may say...
The police know so little about the victim that Janice decides to start her own investigation to find out more about the woman and the people she knew. But sometimes the only way to uncover the truth is to lie. And for Janice, living a lie comes all to easily.
