In one of the last battles in World War I, Gordon Powell volunteers for a suicide mission upon hearing of his younger brother’s death. Although he survives and is decorated as a war hero, he enters civilian life a broken man. Over one hundred years later, cultural anthropologist, Sarah Jacobs discovers fragments of information about Gordon. Stagnant in her career, she becomes curious about Gordon and how this broken man transformed his life. Her own grandfather struggled over his lifetime with PTSD. Sarah travels to Kenya, where Gordon Powell settled after the war, to recreate Gordon’s story from the few pieces of the puzzle she has. In the wilds of Kenya, Sarah meets Jack Powell, Gordon’s great grandson, who runs a struggling safari camp with his sister. Despite a rocky start, Jack agrees to help Sarah in her search. As they uncover a transformative and heartrending romance between Gordon and an English aristocrat, past and present collide as romance blooms between Sarah and Jack. When a journalist unexpectedly shows up at the camp, his idea for a story may jeopardize the budding relationship between Sarah and Jack as well as the camp’s future.

A funny, fact-driven, and illustrated field guide to how to live a feminist life in today's world, from the hosts of the hit Unladylike podcast. Get ready to get unladylike with this field guide to the what's, why's, and how's of intersectional feminism and practical hell-raising. Through essential, inclusive, and illustrated explorations of what patriarchy looks like in the real world, authors and podcast hosts Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin blend wild histories, astounding stats, social justice principles, and self-help advice to connect where the personal meets political in our bodies, brains, booty calls, bank accounts, and other confounding facets of modern woman-ing and nonbinary-ing. By laying out the uneven terrain of double-standards, head games, and handouts patriarchy has manspread across society for ages, Unladylike is here to unpack our gender baggage and map out the space that's ours to claim.

Joey Willis is an eleven-year-old boy desperately searching for his younger sister, Olivia. From a familiar beach to an unknown cave, Joey falls into a different world. On his mission to find Olivia he finds he has been given an extraordinary gift of magical powers. Joey meets Budda, the Master Teacher of all that is good and together they encounter huge, fierce and evil creatures, the likes of which Joey could never have imagined on Earth. Joey s adventures also lead him to make many friends...But will Joey find his sister?

“This page-turning memoir of decadence and faith will resonate with seekers everywhere." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) In this courageous and inspiring memoir about personal freedom and spiritual empowerment, Jill Dodd “writes earnestly and refreshingly about learning many of life’s more difficult lessons the hard way” (Kirkus Reviews) through her journey from Paris model to Saudi billionaire’s harem wife to multi-million dollar business entrepreneur. In the 1980s, Jill Dodd determined that her ticket out of an abusive home was to make it as a top model in Paris. Armed with only her desire for freedom and independence, she embarks on an epic journey that takes her to uncharted territory—the Parisian fashion industry with all its beautiful glamour and its ugly underbelly of sex, drugs, and excess. From there, Jill begins an eye-opening adventure that includes trips to Monte Carlo, sexual exploitation, and falling in love with one of the richest men in the world, agreeing to become one of his wives—until she finds the courage to walk away from it all and rebuild her dreams. The Currency of Love is a raw, honest, and inspiring portrait of a young woman’s struggles and triumphs from fashion model to Saudi billionaire’s pleasure wife to founder and creator of global fashion line, ROXY. This modern memoir with a feminist fairy tale twist reveals how one woman chose to live her life without forfeiting her independence, ambition, creative expression, and free spirit, all while learning one invaluable lesson: nothing is worth the sacrifice of her integrity, inner peace, and spirit.

Based on a compelling and sometimes tragic true story, this novel follows young mother Ava from the go-go bars of the 1970s to the heart of Florida’s drug trade to a Kenyan prison to, ultimately, a place of forgiveness, faith, and love through recovery. Inspired by a gripping true story, Lookin’ for Love begins in 1963, when Ava, nineteen and pregnant, marries a violent alcoholic and is disowned by her abusive mother. She bears two sons, leaves her husband, and turns to go-go dancing to provide for her children, using alcohol and drugs to numb herself to the degrading work. Then she meets Mike, a charismatic drug dealer who promises to give her “a beautiful life.” They move to Florida and begin working for The Crew, one of the largest drug smuggling organizations in the country. The Crew sends Ava and Mike to Kenya to find farmers to grow marijuana—but while they’re there, their home is raided, they’re charged with international drug smuggling, and Ava is sentenced to serve time in a Kenyan prison. After her release, Ava struggles with sobriety but soon returns to dancing, alcohol, and drugs. Eventually, she hits bottom and surrenders her will to God. Once sober, she learns the power of forgiveness, faith, and love.

HISTORICAL FICTION. Cameron Oniell is unprepared when his plane touches down in Nairobi. Having signed a two-year contract as a site construction manager to build a pipeline in the town of Kisumu, he leaves behind his two young children and comfortable life for an adventure hell never forget. Recently divorced, Cameron sees this as a chance to improve his career and build a new life.

A Washington Post Notable Book When a young man is gunned down in the streets of Nairobi, his grief-stricken father and sister bring his body back to their crumbling home in the Kenyan drylands. But the murder has stirred up memories long since buried, precipitating a series of events no one could have foreseen. As the truth unfolds, we come to learn the secrets held by this parched landscape, hidden deep within the shared past of a family and their conflicted nation. Spanning Kenya’s turbulent 1950s and 1960s, Dust is spellbinding debut from a breathtaking new voice in literature.