(Very timely, indeed!) Filled with information that only a former Commander-in-Chief could know, this book has been labelled “the most authentic, terrifying novel to come along in many years”. Set over the course of three days, The President Is Missing sheds a stunning light upon the inner workings and vulnerabilities of the United States of America. Even the president himself becomes a suspect, and then he disappears from public view. There are whispers of cyberterror and espionage and a traitor in the Cabinet. So this is it in broad strokes: Uncertainty and fear grip the nation. The President Is Missing confronts a threat so huge that it jeopardises not just Pennsylvania Avenue and Wall Street, but all of America. Especially one c0-written by our favourite American mystery novelist and one of our favourite presidents. Bookends, never one to feign indifference to a good thriller, is completely here for it. Word recently came that this novel, released at the beginning of summer by former President Clinton and best-selling author Patterson, is now a million seller. She bares her soul with candour in this personal account of the poverty, abuse and degradation that could have blighted a distinguished life now dedicated to the service of her lord and saviour Jesus Christ. She notably started her business from a sky juice cart that but, never one to rest on her laurels, she has evolved over two decades to become a purveyor of home-style local products with a much-adored restaurant that is synonymous with authentic Jamaican acknowledged by the Jamaica Observer's Table Talk Food Awards.īut the story is inspirational one and examines Thomas's roots and early life of hardship that preceded everything that this daughter of the soil has today accomplished. ![]() Jamaican Thomas has over the years endeared herself to Kingstonians as a restaurateur (her Sonia's Homestyle Cooking & Natural Juices have legion of fans). But if you just want to peep behind the velvet curtain (who doesn't?) to see the hot mess this titan was in his personal life, you need this book in your life. Despite Jobs telling her when she was a little girl that the Apple Lisa was not named after her (he was teaching her not to ride on his coattails), or refusing to instal heat in her bedroom (he was instilling in her a “value system”), or even when her dying father told her she smelled like a toilet (he was teaching her a lesson about honesty), Brennan-Jobs - the daughter, incidentally, he fathered at 23 and refused to acknowledge for a long time even after a DNA test was administered - has forgiven him. ![]() Small Fry, by Lisa Brennan-Jobs When Giving Up Was Not Enough, by Sonia Thomas The President is Missing, by Bill Clinton & James Patterson An American Marriage, by Tayari JonesĪll the world loves a tell-all, and this is exactly what Brennan-Jobs has done in this devastating memoir that helps readers realise just how much of a not-nice man her late father, Apple honcho Steve Jobs, was. The stories, vignettes, really, are compelling and boundary-pushing, shining a light on the state of affairs regarding black citizenship and are, by turns, satirical, funny, poignant, captivating, wholly original and totally engaging in their ongoing race and identity politics, never, ever losing sight of the vulnerability of the black body. The writer of this compelling short-story collection about black identity, timely no doubt in its arrival in this so-called post-racial era, is drawing comparisons to writers like Paul Beatty and Junot Diaz. This collection is Arthurs's debut, but, around these parts, we're pretty sure we're going to hear a whole lot more from her. These 11 stories run the gamut of setting, from small close-knit island communities to the streets of New York and Midwestern university towns are about Jamaican immigrants and the loved ones they leave behind. She has stellar literary credentials (what with being an alum of the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop and all that). Arthurs, who was born in Jamaica, not only has us down pat (our language, demeanour, idiosyncrasies), but the woman can actually write the heck out of a story. And before you even think it: no, it's not a self-help manual. This is one of the times when we actually do. This title made it a no-brainer because, let's face it we Jamaicans love to see ourselves in print. How To Love A Jamaican: Stories, by Alexia Arthurs Heads of the Coloured People: Stories, by Nafissa Thompson-Spires ![]() Today, we share six that have been released in the past few months, with five fresh, new voices and a pair of veterans. Bookends is always on the lookout for exciting titles, whether from new or established authors.
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