DECEMBER is finally here, and the festive season is officially in full swing.
If the Christmas decorations, carols and year-end functions have not gotten you into the festive spirit yet, perhaps our Christmas book giveaway will do the trick.
Caxton Local Media, in partnership with several publishers, will be giving away six fabulous reads for the month of December.
So, keep a lookout for new competitions every day!
Fill in the competition form below to stand a chance to win the first book in the series.
Under the Tamarind Tree, Nigar Alam, Bedford Square, ISBN: 9781915798671
One night. Four friends. Countless secrets.
1964. Karachi, Pakistan. Rozeena is running out of time. She’ll lose her home – her parents’ safe haven since fleeing India and the terrors of Partition – if her medical career doesn’t take off soon.
But success may come with an unexpected price. Meanwhile, the interwoven lives of her childhood best friends – Haaris, Aalya, and Zohair – seem to be unravelling with each passing day.
The once small and inconsequential differences between their families’ social standing now threaten to divide them.
Then one fateful night, someone ends up dead, and the life they once took for granted shatters.
2019. Rozeena receives a call from a voice she never thought she’d hear again.
What begins as an ask to look after a friend’s teenage granddaughter struggling with her own demons grows into an unconventional friendship – one that unearths buried secrets and just might ruin everything Rozeena has worked so hard to protect.
A compellingly heartbreaking debut novel about the echoes of Partition and four friends whose dark secrets lead to a life-changing night that comes back to haunt them decades later.
“You can practically smell the courtyard’s sweet bougainvillea and feel the Arabian Sea’s misty breeze… Under the Tamarind Tree is historical fiction at its best, a story rich in fascinating historical details and deeply moving, as well – a tale of friendship, family and the power that new, unexpected relationships can have, even late in life, to heal old wounds.” – Adele Myers, author of The Tobacco Wives
Sorry, this competition has ended. :( *Winners will be selected by Caxton Local Newspapers. The competition closes on Sunday, December 10, and winners will be notified telephonically in the new year. Please note that winners will have to collect their copies from the Highway Mail offices in New Germany, Pinetown (115 Escom Road) on Thursday or Friday between 08:30 and 16:30.
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