Hooray, it’s the first #BookBday of the year! Cheers to these books on shelves now: CITY OF THORNS by Ben Rawlence A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick! What Katherine Boo’s BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS did for the slums of Mumbai, India, CITY OF THORNS does for a massive refugee camp in Kenya, Know More » […]
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B&N Winter 2016 Discover Picks
Barnes & Noble’s Winter 2016 Discover Great New Writers program includes five Macmillan titles! CITY OF THORNS by Ben Rawlence What Katherine Boo’s BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS did for the slums of Mumbai, India, CITY OF THORNS does for a massive refugee camp in Kenya, near the border with Somalia. This important new work has already Know More » […]
Stars for CITY OF THORNS
What Katherine Boo’s BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS did for the slums of Mumbai, India, CITY OF THORNS by Ben Rawlence does for a massive refugee camp in Kenya, near the border with Somalia. In CITY OF THORNS, Rawlence interweaves the stories of nine individuals to show what life is like in the Dabaab camp and Know More » […]