
2012 Shortlist
A Memory of Love
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Freetown, Sierra Leone: a devastating civil war has left an entire populace with terrible secrets to keep. In the capital’s hospital, Kai, a gifted young surgeon is plagued by demons that are beginning to threaten his livelihood. Elsewhere in the hospital lies Elias Cole, a university professor who recalls the love that obsessed him and drove him to acts that are far from heroic. As past and present intersect, Kai and Elias are drawn unwittingly closer by Adrian, a British psychiatrist with good intentions, and into the path of one woman at the centre of their stories. The Memory of Love is a heartbreaking story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Date published
07/03/2011
Country
Sierra Leone, United Kingdom
Original Language
English
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
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