Dhow House by Jean McNeil
Dhow House by Jean McNeilThanks to Kirstie Turco of ECW Press, I am giving away one print copy of The Dhow House by Jean McNeil.
Description of Dhow House by Jean McNeil
A lushly imagined novel of passion and terrorism that asks When do we ever really know ourselves?
When Rebecca Laurelson is forced to leave her post as a trauma surgeon in an east African field hospital, she arrives at her aunt’s house on the Indian Ocean and is taken into the heart of a family she has never met before. It’s a world of all-night beach parties and constant cocktail receptions, and within its languorous embrace her attraction for her much younger cousin grows.
But the gilded lives of her aunt Julia’s family and their fellow white Africans on the coast are under threat — Islamist terror attacks are on the rise and Rebecca knows more about this violence than she is prepared to reveal. Will she be able to save her newfound family from the violence that encroaches on their seductive lives? Or, amidst growing unrest, will the true reason for her hasty exit from her posting be unmasked? Rebecca finds herself torn between the family she hardly knows and a past she dares not divulge.
Praise for Dhow House by Jean McNeil
“Jean McNeil’s latest is a completely absorbing, eminently readable ― to the point of being almost unputdownable ― complex, cleverly crafted work, principally about loyalty: what we owe to our country, our relatives, those we love and those who simply cross our path. You won’t read many better novels this year.” ― Daily Mail
“With dreamlike prose and an intriguing protagonist, fiction- and travel-writer McNeil (Ice Diaries, 2016) builds momentum to her novel’s surprising final chapters . . . McNeil’s storytelling will pull [readers] in and captivate them to the end.” ― Booklist
“Like the landscape she depicts, McNeil’s prose combines poetic grace with shadows of menace: behind every flowering bush or luxurious shrub there may be an exotic bird or a poisonous snake ― or an armed marauder. The effect is both gripping and unsettling.” ― Quill & Quire
About Jean McNeil
Jean McNeil has written ten books, including five novels. She has twice been the winner of the PRISM International competition, and her work has been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Journey Prize, the National Magazine awards, and the Pushcart Prize. She is co-director of the Masters in Prose Fiction at the University of East Anglia.
Originally from Nova Scotia, she has lived and travelled extensively in southern and east Africa and lives in London, England.
Giveaway of Dhow House by Jean McNeil
This giveaway is open to the U.S. only and ends on April 28, 2017 midnight pacific time. Entries are accepted via Rafflecopter only.
This novel sounds thrilling, captivating and unforgettable.
I’ve been reading rave reviews.
Dhow House is already on my TBR like st. I have read many many great reviews. Thank you for this giveaway.
It’s a timely topic of terrorism and it will be interesting to see how romance is used with it in the plot.
I recently read another book that took place in Africa, and I’d love to revisit the continent again with this book. The book I was read was historical fiction so it would be nice to read something more contemporary.
The setting and the terrorism connection. It all sounds fascinating, very real to life, and something I want to know more about.