The Cellar: A Novel and Mrs.On the day Mr.Now that Scotland Yard has swarmed the Songoli house to investigate the disappearance of the son, Muna is given a real bedroom, real clothing, and treated, at least nominally, as a daughter. Over the years, she had gr
| TITLE | : | The Cellar: A Novel |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.65 (168 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0802124518 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 192 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2016-02-02 |
| GENRE | : |
From the internationally bestselling, award-winning crime writer Minette Walters, The Cellar is a harrowing, compulsively readable novel about a family of African immigrants, the Songolis, and the dark secret they keep hidden in the depths of their seemingly respectable British home.On the day Mr. and Mrs. Songoli’s young son fails to come home from school, fourteen-year-old Muna’s fortunes change for the better. Until then, her bedroom was a dank windowless cellar, her activities confined to cooking and cleaning. Over the years, she had grown used to being abused by the Songoli familyto being their slave.Now that Scotland Yard has swarmed the Songoli house to investigate the disappearance of the son, Muna is given a real bedroom, real clothing, and treated, at least nominally, as a daughter. But her world remains confined. She is not allowed to go outside, doesn&rsquo
EDITORIAL :
From School Library Journal Stolen from her home in Africa six years earlier, 14-year-old Muna lives as a slave to Ebuka, Yetunde, and their two boys. When she is not cleaning or tending to the family, she is hidden in the cellar, her one refuge. Daily beatings and berating by Yetunde leave her silent and wary. And even the cellar provides no real safety, for she is regularly raped by Ebuka. But when the younger boy goes missing, things change for Muna. Brought up from the cellar and into her own room, given new clothes, and disguised as the family's mentally deficient daughter, Muna relishes her new position as the police question her and the family. Weeks go by, but the boy's disappearance remains unsolved. Throughout the questioning, it becomes apparent that not only is Muna not mentally deficient but she is intelligent, has learned English, and is determined to create a life for hers
REVIEW :
I plan to re-read this again, it was just that good. The book is very well organized and set up around the evaluation process developed over many years at the PETP. This is a superb example of small press publishing. A very complete and educational annotated chronology follows, in which selected quotes by the artist give added meaning to various events in her life. Taking on three parts: Nature, Man, and Time, Kolbert conveys a pervasive and dramatic shift occurring right now. As a PPD mother, I wish my OB/GYN or pediatrician had have read A Mother's Tears, but I was not prepared to consider suicide or murder as symptoms of PPPD. I enjoyed this book thoroughly! I highly recommend the New Blue series -- I've read them all.. What starts out as a wonderful imaginary friend for a little boy quickly turns into a scapegoat for all sorts of trouble. It is NOT a 30 min pull out instruction time.
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