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  • Location: Edinburgh, London, Libya

My Friends

Various: Three friends living in political exile and the emotional homeland that deep friendships can provide

  • Location: Cameroon

Days Come and Go

Chronicling the beauty and turmoil of a rapidly changing Cameroon

  • Location: Egypt, Cairo

What the River Knows

A divine exploration. A deadly secret. A desire she can’t escape.

  • Location: Republic of the Congo, Kisangani / Storyville

First Blood

1964: A moving fictionalized account of Nothomb’s own father,

  • Location: England, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Attic Child

1907 and decades later : Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a secret.

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Thornby Manor

1891:  Whispers of a dead wife, an estranged son and locked-away secrets haunt the corridors of Thornby Manor

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