Book description
Adele is in a mess. On her own with her young son, struggling to cope
with her job as a teacher, and stuck in a disastrous affair - her life
is unravelling. Her memories of idyllic years as a child in Senegal
are fading, but she's haunted by a vision of her childhood friend,
Ellena. Africa is in her head.
Ellena's childhood in exile from brutal conflict in Liberia was far
removed from the vibrant Senegal Adele remembers, and a careless,
heartless act destroyed the girls' friendship and jeopardised Ellena's
fragile family. Adele must return to Africa to try and make amends and
to attempt to pull together the drifting threads of her life.
Ginny Baily
was born in Halifax in Yorkshire, grew up in Cardiff and now lives in
Devon.
She has taught English as a Foreign Language, Italian and French, has
lived and worked in both France and Italy and has long worked on the
Africa Research Bulletin
- a monthly journal of African affairs. She is also the co-founder and
co-editor of
Riptide,
a journal which has the aim of championing the short story. She has won
various prizes for her poetry and short stories.
Africa Junction
is her first novel. She has two sons and lives in Exeter.
