Dear Ijeawele, Or A Feminist Manifesto In Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
” …It’s not enough to say you want to raise a daughter who can tell you anything; you have to give her the language to talk to you…” Chimamanda is … Continue reading
The Trouble With Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
…When we’d sung about behaving ourselves, the vicar climbed into the pulpit and said he was going to read from the Bible.I sat back with a Licquorice Allsort. ‘All the … Continue reading
Cursed at Kedarnath and Other Stories by Deepta Roy Chakraverti
A woman in Delhi remembers the hell which surrounded her at an old sacred site in Kedarnath; A murdered courtesan from centuries ago appears in a mirror at a Jaipur … Continue reading
It’s The ‘Principal’ of It by Goolbai Gunasekara
According to Mrs. Goolbai Gunasekara, “While the saying goes that teaching is a noble profession, it has always been one of the worst paid. Yet somehow, great men and … Continue reading
Pharaoh by Wilbur Smith; reviewed by Nimra Savanghan
Pharoah is a thrilling novel under the series “ Ancient Egypt” by Wilbur Smith, a South African novelist. The story begins with the death of Pharoah Tamose, and … Continue reading
Let’s Talk Books!
This April, we at The Good Book Corner, decided to feature interesting bits of conversation; conversations over a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, in an elevator or … Continue reading
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