Independent Bookshop Week: Through the Leopard's Gaze by Njambi McGrath
For Independent Bookshop Week we’ve twinned with Jacaranda Books an award-winning independent, black-owned publisher and bookseller of adult fiction, non-fiction & Young Adult Fiction. Each day of the week we will be celebrating and promoting a different title by Jacaranda.
Today’s title is ‘Through the Leopard’s Gaze’ a beautifully written memoir of survival and courage. Buy it in store during Independent Bookshop Week and get 20% off the RRP.
Order your copy today directly through October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get a commission on your purchase.
Through the Leopard's Gaze by Njambi McGrath
Paperback RRP £9.99
In her captivating memoir Through the Leopard's Gaze , Njambi McGrath details the harrowing circumstances of her life as a young girl in Kenya, who one fateful night was beaten to a pulp and left for dead. Thirteen-year-old Njambi, fearing her assailant would return to finish her, courageously escaped, walking through the night in the Kenyan countryside, risking wild animals, robbers and murderers, before being picked up by two shabbily dressed but safe men. She buries the memories of that fateful day and night, and years later ends up in London with a British husband and children. Then one day a simple unassuming wedding invitation arrives in her mailbox causing her to have to confront the remnants of a past she had thought was behind her.
This is a book about survival, and courage when all else fails. It's a searingly honest examination of human cruelty and strength in equal measure.
Order your copy today directly from October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get commission on your purchase.
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