ISLAND WITCH by Amanda Jayatissa Amanda Jayatissa's latest thriller, inspired by tales of Sri Lankan folklore she listened to as a child, takes us back in time to Ceylon in the 1880s in Ceylon where Amara, the daughter of a traditional demon-priest, tries to understand why the disturbing dreams she is having reflect events that will occur in the future in this Gothic and atmospheric novel. Amara has other issues to contend with as well. Constantly bullied by her peers and accused of witchcraft, Amara uncovers some disturbing truths about her village—truths that could be very dangerous to know.
DAUGHTERS OF SHANDONG by Eve Chung In Daughters of Shandong, human rights lawyer Eve Chung takes an overheard conversation—that of an uncle who offers $100,000 to one of his children if they produce a male grandchild. The vast differences in how girl and boy children have been viewed in Chinese culture propels the plot of her debut novel. Set in China in the 1940s, her story centers around a mother and her three daughters who after having been abandoned by her husband, the father of her children, is forced to flee communist China for their lives.
With the backdrop of China’s transformation from Nationalism to Communism, Chung tells the story of a family overtaken by history and their fight to survive. THE CATCH by Amy Lea Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack Really..
.we can guess how this will turn out from the beginning but .
