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Ade: A Love Story
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Ade: A Love Story

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In this stunning debut novel, Rebecca Walker turns her attention to the power of love and the limitations of the human heart. When Farida, a sophisticated college student, falls in love with Ade, a young Swahili man living on an idyllic island off the coast of Kenya, the two plan to marry and envision a simple life together-free of worldly possessions and concerns. But when Farida contracts malaria and finds herself caught in the middle of a civil war, reality crashes in around them. The lovers’ solitude is interrupted by a world in the throes of massive upheaval that threatens to tear them apart, along with all they cherish. Haunting, exquisite, and certain to become a classic, Ade will stay with you long after you put it down. This is a timeless love story set perfectly, heartbreakingly, in our time.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Little a
Date
25 July 2017
Pages
112
ISBN
9781542047739

In this stunning debut novel, Rebecca Walker turns her attention to the power of love and the limitations of the human heart. When Farida, a sophisticated college student, falls in love with Ade, a young Swahili man living on an idyllic island off the coast of Kenya, the two plan to marry and envision a simple life together-free of worldly possessions and concerns. But when Farida contracts malaria and finds herself caught in the middle of a civil war, reality crashes in around them. The lovers’ solitude is interrupted by a world in the throes of massive upheaval that threatens to tear them apart, along with all they cherish. Haunting, exquisite, and certain to become a classic, Ade will stay with you long after you put it down. This is a timeless love story set perfectly, heartbreakingly, in our time.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Little a
Date
25 July 2017
Pages
112
ISBN
9781542047739