Otoño de 1980: una bulliciosa mañana de noviembre Layla, embarazada de su segundo hijo, su marido Jamal y su pequeña hija llegan a la estación central de Múnich. A sus espaldas queda su huida de la guerra en un Afganistán castigado duramente; delante de ellos se abre un futuro incierto en Alemania. En su maleta la joven familia sólo lleva los recuerdos de los días pasados y la esperanza en el futuro. Mientras el mundo contiene el aliento durante...

The Bigamist is a family story told of my grandfather, several greats back, who served in the Confederate Army. He was reported killed in the Battle of Antietam in Maryland, though he was only wounded and spent the rest of the war in a Yankee prison camp in Chicago. When he returned home, he discovered his wife, who had though him dead, had remarried for protection of herself and the children. The results and the remainder of the story have been created...

Survival for Ki Lim and Sang Ly is a daily battle at Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of Cambodia. They make their living scavenging recyclables from the trash. Life would be hard enough without the worry for their chronically ill child, Nisay, and the added expense of medicines that are not really working. Just when things seem most bleak, Sang Ly learns a secret about the hated, ill-tempered woman, the "the rent collector"-she...

ALATASH is about a young African lady called Alicia Anderson. The story follows the complications that forced the young Alicia to grow up too fast. It showcases her growth from an innocent girl to a resilient woman. ALATASH puts matters of privilege in perspective and proves that age is but a number when facing life.

Harold Stedman, a quirky sixty-something suburban lawyer with a crooked smile and zany sense of humor, is retained by Fiona to represent her in a bizarre case of copyright theft and wrongful dismissal. Shortly into the legal proceedings, Harold is diagnosed with ALS. Within months, he's lost his power of speech, but he's determined to see the case through. Fiona makes weekly visits to Harold's office as attorney and client make a united effort to...

Esta es la historia de Carmen, una mujer que sobrevive a un maltratador junto con sus seis hijos y que, pese a todas las decisiones difíciles que toma en la vida, cuenta siempre con el apoyo de ellos, que no la abandonan en ningún momento. Este libro cuenta la historia de mi madre, parte de la mía y de mis hermanas, un camino lleno de obstáculos, difícil para todos. Las lágrimas han inundado mi infancia y gran parte de mi vida; en cada renglón...

Through a window that I stare at every day, I watch my vocation unravel. What happened ? In the space of a week, pushed by an evil spirit, I went from purgatory to hell. My soul is bleeding, it can never happen like this again; It is not possible. I have to get over all of that. All my conversations end with the same litany: my job is killing me. I have nothing more to do here. Engaged in the fight against terrorism, against a distant enemy, I find...

Short stories and short-short stories about traveling rock musicians that focus on the unseen, less than glamorous side of touring as a struggling rock band-the personal tolls, the grueling poverty, the gnawing hunger for fame, and the small and unlikely moments of redemption. These characters are slowly realizing that their dreams are slipping away, that age and hard living have worn them down, that their funky, rootless, rock & roll lives have not...

Una narrativa autobiográfica, que transcurre durante diez años de mi vida, la mitad en México y la otra mitad en la isla de Gran Canaria, junto al caballero mejicano, hombre que con su amor me despertó otra vez a la vida y a la ilusión de vivirla. En ella, comienzo relatando cómo llegó a mi vida desde la infancia, cómo transcurrió nuestra existencia hasta que ya adultos nos volvimos a reencontrar y los acontecimientos que tuvimos que sortear...

Le Franco-Ontarien, pour des raisons historiques, politiques et linguistiques, est un hybride tiraillé et ballotté dans un entre-deux incertain qui repose sur un socle mouvant. D'o le malaise persistant du Franco-Ontarien en quête de libération, qui cherche à vivre pleinement sa différence, à régler ses conflits intérieurs. Comment fait-il pour évoluer dans un tel contexte? Tout est question de métissage culturel et d'identité traquée...