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Set in a country where being gay is punishable by law, These Letters End in Tearsis the heart-wrenching forbidden love story of a Christian girl with a deviant heart & a Muslim girl leading a double lifeBessem notices Fatima for the first time on the soccer field—muscular & focused, she’s the only woman playing & seems completely at ease. When Fatima chases a rogue ball in her direction, Bessem freezes, mesmerized by the athlete’s charm & beauty. One playful wink from Fatima, & Bessem knows her life will never be the same.
In Cameroon, a country where same-sex relationships are punishable by law, the odds are stacked against Bessem & Fatima from the start. And when Fatima’s older brother, a staunch Muslim, finds out about their affair, he intervenes by physically assaulting them, an incident that precedes a police raid at the only gay bar in town. After spending days in jail, Fatima goes missing without a trace, & Bessem is left with only rumors of her whereabouts. Has Fatima been sentenced to an unknown prison? Has she been banished from her community, or married off, as some have suggested? Or something even more sinister?
Thirteen years later, Bessem is now a university professor leading a relatively quiet life, occasionally & secretly dating other women. However, she has never forgotten Fatima. After spotting a mutual friend for the first time in years—the last person who may have seen Fatima—Bessem embarks on a winding search for her lost love.
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MUSIH TEDJI XAVIERE is a Cameroonian fiction writer based in the UK. Her debut novel, These Letters End in Tears, won the 2021 Pontas & JJ Bola Emerging Writers Prize. She is represented by the Pontas Literary & Film Agency.
In Cameroon, a country where same-sex relationships are punishable by law, the odds are stacked against Bessem & Fatima from the start. And when Fatima’s older brother, a staunch Muslim, finds out about their affair, he intervenes by physically assaulting them, an incident that precedes a police raid at the only gay bar in town. After spending days in jail, Fatima goes missing without a trace, & Bessem is left with only rumors of her whereabouts. Has Fatima been sentenced to an unknown prison? Has she been banished from her community, or married off, as some have suggested? Or something even more sinister?
Thirteen years later, Bessem is now a university professor leading a relatively quiet life, occasionally & secretly dating other women. However, she has never forgotten Fatima. After spotting a mutual friend for the first time in years—the last person who may have seen Fatima—Bessem embarks on a winding search for her lost love.
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MUSIH TEDJI XAVIERE is a Cameroonian fiction writer based in the UK. Her debut novel, These Letters End in Tears, won the 2021 Pontas & JJ Bola Emerging Writers Prize. She is represented by the Pontas Literary & Film Agency.
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Year:
2023
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Catapult
Language:
english
Pages:
204
ISBN 10:
1646221877
ISBN 13:
9781646221875
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EPUB, 2.72 MB
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CID , CID Blake2b
english, 2023
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