There's a Monster Behind the Door by Gaelle Belem #joyce Del ReyISBN: 9781529150445Extent: 384 pages

Del ReyISBN: 9781529150445Extent: 384 pages

in parallel with a renegade male friend who challenges her beliefs and the course of her life

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There's a Monster Behind the Door by Gaelle Belem #joyce Del ReyISBN: 9781529150445Extent: 384 pagesThe name Dessaintes is one to reckon with. A bombastic, violent and increasingly dangerous clan, little do they know that their downfall is being chronicled by one of their own. This is La Runion in the 1980s: high unemployment and low expectations, the legacy of postcolonialism. One little girl makes a bid for escape from her sadistic parents reign of terror and turns to school for salvation. Rich in the history of the islands customs and