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BOOK: The Girl from Lamaha Street: By Sharon Maas

—  A Guyanese girl at a 1960s English boarding school and her search for belonging

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An incredibly movingtruly inspiring story of the power of determination. An absolutely stunning read.’ Katharine Birbalsingh

Fascinating and poignant… an astoundingly honest and intimate memoir.’ Angela Petch

Perhaps it’s true that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Perhaps it’s true that you only know what you truly love when you no longer have it. But I wouldn’t have known any of this if I hadn’t left it all behind to discover where my home truly was…

Growing up in British Guiana in the 1950s, Sharon Maas has everything a shy child with a vivid imagination could wish for. She spends her days studying bugs in the backyard, eating fresh mangos straight from the tree and tucked up on her granny’s lap losing herself in books.            Continue reading

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