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Book Review: The Dust Diaries, An African Story by Owen Sheers

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BOOK REVIEW: Where do I Belong? by Shabibi Shah

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Where do I Belong? From Kabul to London – A Refugee’s Life by Shabibi Shah

Shabibi Shah left Afghanistan almost exactly thirty years ago – in March 1983.

The slim book, Where do I Belong?, is about Shabibi Shah’s life in Afghanistan and then as a refugee.

The tale is written with precision and in English, a language Shabibi mastered in her late forties.  She is a published poet in her own language of Dari, and is careful with words.

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Book Review: Endal by Allen and Sandra Parton

Endal - How one extraordinary dog brought a family back from the brink - by Allen and Sandra Parton

Endal – How one extraordinary dog brought a family back from the brink – by Allen and Sandra Parton

Endal is not just about a dog.  It is about the consequences of accident and neglect, about a human relationship under stress.  It is about a traumatised military family that somehow manages to stay together long enough to be rescued by a dog.

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