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Chains of Sand

Chains of Sand

by JemmaWayne (Author)

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    Paperback 2016

    $3.39
Synopsis

The new novel from the award-winning author of After Before (longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction; shortlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award; longlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker Prize)

Shortlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize 2016

'This is a wonderful book. Intriguing, moving, absorbing... a great read.' -- Daniel Finkelstein, Associate Editor, The Times

He has always been good at tracking down things that are hidden, like cockroaches in his mother's kitchen cupboard, or tunnels in Gaza.

At 26, Udi is a veteran of the Israeli army and has killed five men. He wants a new life in a new place. He has a cousin in England.

Daniel is 29, a Londoner, an investment banker and a Jew. He wants for nothing, yet he too is unable to escape an intangible yearning for something more. And for less. He looks to Israel for the answer.

But as the war with Hamas breaks out, Daniel cannot know that the star-crossed love of a Jewish girl and an Arabic man in Jerusalem a decade earlier, will soon complicate all that he thinks has become clear.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Publisher: Legend Press
Published: 01 Jun 2016
ISBN 10: 1785079727
ISBN 13: 9781785079726

Media Reviews
'This is a wonderful book. Intriguing, moving, absorbing. It explores universal emotions, and particular feelings. It's also a great read.' -- Daniel Finkelstein (associate editor)
'...a terrific novel by an accomplished writer, and deserves to cause a stir, with its brutally topical setting and the frank, poignant and bitter-sweet stories of its main characters. Loved it, and would strongly recommend it.' -- Edwina Currie (politician, broadcaster and writer)
'A beautifully observed, carefully crafted, often touching, sometimes shocking, and always compelling read.'
Author Bio
Born to an American musician father, and English mother, Jemma grew up in leafy Hertfordshire and studied Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge University and Broadcast Journalism at the University of Westminster. She began her career as a journalist at The Jewish Chronicle and now works freelance splitting her time between journalism, writing for stage, and prose. Her debut novel, After Before was long-listed for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.