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Two cultures. Two families. And a couple in love. Complications,<br />
betrayals, long-held secrets, lies. Desires, marriage. Family. Race, class,<br />
faith. Monica’s Ali’s Love Marriage is a great big read (just less than 500<br />
pages), both funny and heartbreaking, full of twists and surprises ... an<br />
exceptional read. Virago • Meet Nick: Failed writer. Failed husband. Dog<br />
owner. Meet Bee: Serial dater. Dress maker. Pringles enthusiast. In Sarah<br />
Lotz’s Impossible, the pair’s paths cross over a misdirected email, the<br />
connection is instant, electric, and they feel like they’ve known each<br />
other all their lives. Nick buys a new suit, gets on a train. Bee steps away<br />
from her desk, sets off to meet him under the clock at Euston station. It<br />
should have been the perfect love story. Think you know how the rest<br />
of the story goes? They did too . . . HarperCollins • The Marjorie Marshall<br />
Memorial Cafeteria is at the heart of St Jude’s Hospital. Staffed by<br />
successive generations of dedicated volunteers, for over fifty years it’s<br />
been serving up a kind word and sympathetic ear along with tea and<br />
scones. But now the cafeteria is under threat of closure, and the three<br />
current volunteers - ranging from a stalwart Manageress, to an alwayslate<br />
worker and a teenager working in the hols - must put aside their<br />
many differences and save the day! Joanna Nell’s The Tea Ladies of St<br />
Jude’s Hospital is a heartwarming, delightful read. Hodder & Stoughton.<br />
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It’s Sunday morning, and Sarah Bullen should be<br />
at her parents’ house in Simonstown, sipping wine<br />
and looking out over the yachts sailing. Instead,<br />
she’s sitting on a concrete floor with a six-kilogram<br />
cock – all feathers and claws – on her head. She and<br />
her husband are at a ritual ceremony to thank their<br />
ancestors ahead of his next brain scan. In a minute,<br />
she’s going to have to bathe in the chicken’s<br />
blood. This is how Sarah’s Love And Above - A<br />
Journey into Shamanism, Coma and Joy starts.<br />
Honestly. Harshly. Shockingly. They’re there<br />
because her husband Llewely has been studying<br />
with a sangoma. Sarah and Llewely have thriving<br />
careers, a great life, and two young children. And<br />
Llewely has a brain tumour. Add to that in his last<br />
weeks of life, Sarah was fighting for life, too, in a<br />
month-long coma on life support. This is her story<br />
.... one of surviving death, choosing love over fear,<br />
discovering a new way of living. Tafelberg, available<br />
at Exclusive Books. Details: sarahbullen.com<br />
Oh ... joy. A new Tilly Bagswhawe just in<br />
time for the Easter weekend. Sweeping<br />
from the 1920s through WWII, The Secrets<br />
of Sainte Madeleine is the story of the<br />
Salignac family ... love affairs and secrets,<br />
drama and tragedy, and a glorious chateau<br />
in the rich vineyards of Burgundy in France.<br />
Harper Collins, available from Exclusive Books.<br />
Compiled by: KYM ARGO<br />
<strong>April</strong> <strong>22</strong> Get It Magazine 05
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