Beauty

Fiction & Literature
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Author: Raphael Selbourne ISBN: 9781906994495
Publisher: Profile Publication: September 1, 2009
Imprint: Tindal Street Language: English
Author: Raphael Selbourne
ISBN: 9781906994495
Publisher: Profile
Publication: September 1, 2009
Imprint: Tindal Street
Language: English

Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2009. Beauty-in name and appearance- is a young Bangladeshi woman, on the run from an abusive arranged marriage. In the threatening city streets, she is saved from harm by Mark, the type of white 'hooligan' she's always been taught to fear. Their unconventional friendship is at the heart of this moving novel as Beauty begins a journey of discovery into life outside of her restrictive family, showing the reader how we live in Britain through an innocent's eyes.

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Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2009. Beauty-in name and appearance- is a young Bangladeshi woman, on the run from an abusive arranged marriage. In the threatening city streets, she is saved from harm by Mark, the type of white 'hooligan' she's always been taught to fear. Their unconventional friendship is at the heart of this moving novel as Beauty begins a journey of discovery into life outside of her restrictive family, showing the reader how we live in Britain through an innocent's eyes.

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