Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge where they’ve been reading about the lives of families from all over the world. Heartbreaking dilemmas sometimes lead to desperate acts in these stories, but there is always hope.
Books mentioned in this episode of Books and Beyond can be borrowed and requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue:
A Clear Dawn: new Asian voices from Aotearoa New Zealand / ed. Paula Morris and Alison Wong published 2021 / Adult Non-Fiction (NZ): https://bit.ly/3sdFsbS
My brilliant life / Ae-ran Kim ; translated from Korean by Chi-Young Kim
published 2021 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3haRA78
Hard like water / Yan Lianke ; translated from the Chinese by Carlos Rojasv
published 2021 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3p9S6X9
A Children’s Bible / Lydia Millet / published 2020 / Adult Fiction: https://bit.ly/3JMKGRz
