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The Blurb On The Back:
A childless woman resorts to forbidden magic in her quest for a baby. A widow boils with rage at the grudging welcome her daughters receive in her sister’s home. In a devastated, not too distant future, a ‘grief worker’ discovers a miraculous ability to remove emotional pain – at a price.
The characters in What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky are men and women who want things that remain impossible or out of reach. What unites them is the toughness of lives where opportunities are scant, and where fortunes can change faster than the flick of a switch.
Conjuring worlds at once familiar and unsettlingly different, What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky showcases the work of a writer of startling promise at the beginning of an exciting literary career.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Lesley Nneka Arimah’s debut short story collection is a strong mix of literary, fantasy and science fiction that kept me fascinated from beginning to end and which definitely makes me want to read what she does next.
WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A MAN FALLS FROM THE SKY will be released in the United Kingdom on 25th August 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
A childless woman resorts to forbidden magic in her quest for a baby. A widow boils with rage at the grudging welcome her daughters receive in her sister’s home. In a devastated, not too distant future, a ‘grief worker’ discovers a miraculous ability to remove emotional pain – at a price.
The characters in What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky are men and women who want things that remain impossible or out of reach. What unites them is the toughness of lives where opportunities are scant, and where fortunes can change faster than the flick of a switch.
Conjuring worlds at once familiar and unsettlingly different, What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky showcases the work of a writer of startling promise at the beginning of an exciting literary career.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Lesley Nneka Arimah’s debut short story collection is a strong mix of literary, fantasy and science fiction that kept me fascinated from beginning to end and which definitely makes me want to read what she does next.
WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A MAN FALLS FROM THE SKY will be released in the United Kingdom on 25th August 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
