The Cellar: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802124518 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Unbelievable writing. Worth every penny." according to TK. I have read all of Minette Walter's books. I had been waiting for a new book for so long, I don't know how this slipped my notice when it came out. Her writing is beyond description. She is at a level of her own. She crafts so well that for the first time after reading over a thou. Lora said This is a good quick read.. This is a good quick read told different!y from the victim angle. Strong character. I enjoyed this book and would read more of Ninette Walters works.. Enjoyable An engaging and enjoyable book. This book kept me looking forward to what was coming next. A great summer read.
Not knowing whom to trust and unaware of the wider world, Muna works step by patient step, exacting revenge upon this family. One by one, family members begin to realize that Muna has more power than they thought possible. But when the younger boy goes missing, things change for Muna. When she is not cleaning or tending to the family, she is hidden in the cellar, her one refuge. And even the cellar provides no real safety, for she is regularly raped by Ebuka. By the end, readers will be pondering: Are killers born, or are they created? VERDICT Offer to mature teens who can handle the dark side of the human condition.—Connie Williams, Petaluma High School, CA . Weeks go by, but the boy's disapp
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. She is not allowed to go outside, doesn’t know how to read or write, and cannot speak English. and Mrs. Until then, her bedroom was a dank windowless cellar, her activities confined to cooking and cleaning. Songoli’s young son fails to come home from school, fourteen-year-old Muna’s fortunes change for the better. But her world remains confined. 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. Before long it becomes clear that young Muna is far clevererand her plans more terrifyingthan the Songolis, or anyone else, can ever imagine.. At least that’s what the Songolis believe