You're Not Here (eBook)

Tariq Mehmood (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
238 Seiten
Daraja Press (Verlag)
978-1-988832-08-1 (ISBN)

Infos

One brother goes missing in action in Afghanistan, the other falls in love with an Afghan girl in England.Bitter divisions engulf an English town where young Muslims oppose the British army's presence in Afghanistan, whilst white youth condemn the Muslims as traitors.To the disgust of his white friends, 17-year-old Jake Marlesden, whose brother is missing in action in Afghanistan, is in love with Leila Khan, an Afghan. When Jake tries to find out what happened to his brother, neighbour turns against neighbour and lover against lover.Leila joins young Muslims protesting against the returning bodies of dead British soldiers, and Jake stands with the families of the soldiers. The lovers fall apart.But far off events, and sinister forces at home, bring the lovers together again in a journey in which they will not only discover themselves, but also heal the wounds of their families and friends.Youre Not Here is the sequel to the award-winning novel Youre Not Proper.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements

Search

Love

Bacon

News

Condolence

The Funeral of the Soldier

Muslims Insult Dead Soldiers

Masked Men at the Grave

The Dead

Isolation

Mysterious Message

Longing for Leila

Re-loving and Recovering

Traitors out of Boarhead

Butchers and Porkys

The Message from Dexy

Funeral in the Graveyard

Sex and Vegetables

Stranger by the Canal

Interrogation of the Eyes

Dumped on the Pavement

Unravelling Secrets

Connections

Doris's Kebabs

Scars

Bet on Love

Kurly's Kurry Kabin

Ali's Offy

How Jake's Mum Died

A Visa for a White Man

To the Tunnel

The Tunnel

The Meeting

Out of the Tunnel

Cat and Mouse

Home and Away

Home

 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.3.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• ISBN-10: 1-988832-08-X / 198883208X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-988832-08-1 / 9781988832081