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What Tears Us Apart
by Deborah Cloyed

Published: 2013-03-26
Paperback : 336 pages
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Love lives in the most dangerous places of the heart

The real world. That's what Leda desperately seeks when she flees her life of privilege to travel to Kenya. She finds it at a boys'orphanage in the slums of Nairobi. What she doesn't expect is to fall for Ita, the charismatic and ...
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Introduction

Love lives in the most dangerous places of the heart

The real world. That's what Leda desperately seeks when she flees her life of privilege to travel to Kenya. She finds it at a boys'orphanage in the slums of Nairobi. What she doesn't expect is to fall for Ita, the charismatic and thoughtful man who gave up his dreams to offer children a haven in the midst of turmoil.

Their love should be enough for one another-it embodies the soul-deep connection both have always craved. But it is threatened by Ita's troubled childhood friend, Chege, a gang leader with whom he shares a complex history. As political unrest reaches a boiling point and the slum erupts in violence, Leda is attacked…and forced to put her trust in Chege, the one person who otherwise inspires anything but.

In the aftermath of Leda's rescue, disturbing secrets are exposed, and Leda, Ita and Chege are each left grappling with their own regret and confusion. Their worlds upturned, they must now face the reality that sometimes the most treacherous threat is not the world outside, but the demons within.

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there is an excellent reading guide and questions provided by questions provided by the author
by lilkeys (see profile) 08/16/13

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Good book
by lilkeys (see profile) 08/16/13
The majority of the bookclub liked it. We are especially drawn to this book in support of the local author, Debbie Cloyed. Warning, there is some sex, including violent sex.

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  "What Tears Us Apart"by Lil K. (see profile) 08/16/13

This is an informative love store set in the middle of Africa's civil war. Its descriptive narrative makes you feel and smell the slums of Kiberia (outside Nairobi). One witnesses the atrocity of... (read more)

 
  "simple read"by Myrna T. (see profile) 08/16/13

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