Bøker av Laila Ibrahim

"Brought me to tears" Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Emotionally gripping" Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Couldn't put this book down" Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Heartbreaking and heartwarming" Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐It began like any other Sunday morning... Jenn Henderson arrived home from brunch, threw some laundry in the machine, and climbed the stairs to wake her sixteen-year-old son Josh. But as she stepped into his room and pulled back the blankets, she found her sweet boy barely breathing.Keeping vigil by his hospital bedside, Jenn is relieved to see her son begin to recover. But as she nurses him back to health, Josh shares a secret he's been keeping from his family. A truth he's found so shameful it nearly ended his life. Now Jenn's perfect world is unravelling, and she's starting to question everything she holds dear - the life she's created for her family, her faith and whether she can truly accept the son she loves, no matter what. From the million-copy bestselling author of Yellow Crocus comes a deeply moving, compassionate and thought-provoking novel. After the Rain is a must-read for fans of Jodi Picoult, Julianne MacLean, Boo Walker, and Barbara O'Neal. This book was previously published as Living Right.

As America enters WWII, two women on the home front strive to stay strong in a heartfelt novel about hope, friendship, and family by the bestselling author of Yellow Crocus and Golden Poppies.Kay Lynn Brooke is a wife and mother in Berkeley, California, building a solid future with her husband and family. Then on December 7, 1941, the bombing of Pearl Harbor throws Kay Lynn's life, and the lives of everyone she knows and loves, into chaos.Within weeks, Kay Lynn's dearest friend, Kimiko, is forcibly relocated with her family to an internment camp. Kay Lynn's brother, fortified with a youthful and patriotic spirit, ships out for the Pacific. Her husband enlists ahead of the draft and leaves home for basic training, while Kay Lynn's sister works for the war effort on the home front--and holds a secret that places her in a different kind of danger.As Kay Lynn struggles to parent, keep the household together, and challenge the social mores of the time, she both finds and gives strength through her letters to Kimiko. Over the next few uncertain years, and longing for the safe and simple clarity of the past, Kay Lynn has no choice but to find her own place and purpose in a rapidly changing world.

"May, a young white woman, is on the brink of achieving the independent life she's dreamed of since childhood. Naomi, a nurse, mother, and leader of the NAACP, has fulfilled her own dearest desire: buying a home for her family. But they both are about to learn that dreams can be destroyed in an instant. May's future is upended, and she is forced to rely once again on her mother. Meanwhile, the white-majority neighborhood into which Naomi has moved is organizing against her while her sons are away fighting for their country"--

Bare sekunder etter at Lisbeth Wainwright er blitt født på en diger plantasje i Virginia, blir hun overlatt til Mattie, en av plantasjens slaver som skal være amme for barnet. Fra da av opptrer Mattie som stedfortreder for Lisbeths mor. Hun mater henne, synger henne i søvn og trøster henne om natten. Men det å være mor for Lisbeth, har revet Mattie bort fra hennes egen tre måneder gamle baby, Samuel, som er igjen i slavekvarteret. "En engasjerende, tankevekkende fortelling som bør leses av alle som liker å la seg oppsluke av en god bok og som er glad i medrivende, historiske romaner. Denne romanen er like vidunderlig som det å oppdage årets første krokuser som stikker opp av snøen." Katerie Prio, ForeWord Reviews "Jeg hadde stor glede av denne romanen. (...) Store beslutninger, gripende adskillelser og evig kjærlighet er fengslende skildret. En ren fryd å lese, historien drives elegant fremover side for side og holder på leserens interesse. (...) En varm, medrivende og mektig bok om undertrykkelse, motgang og styrke. Ja, den er hjerteskjærende, men det er en historie som bare må leses." Historical Novel Review"Straks jeg begynte å lese, kunne jeg ikke legge boken fra meg." CoCo, bokblogger "Må leses!" JustTiffany, bokblogger "En av de beste bøkene jeg har lest på lenge! Jeg kommer definitivt til å lese den igjen." Cjutte, bokblogger"Laila Ibrahim skaper et levende persongalleri og du føler deres angst, frykt, håp og kjærlighet." Natski, bokblogger"Wow wow wow. For en sterk, mektig og gripende roman! Jeg elsket hver sekund. Takk til forfatteren for at hun har skrevet en så fantastisk bok!" Angel, bokblogger

"It's 1894. Jordan Wallace and Sadie Wagner appear to have little in common. Jordan, a middle-aged black teacher, lives in segregated Chicago. Two thousand miles away, Sadie, the white wife of an ambitious German businessman, lives in more tolerant Oakland, California. But years ago, their families intertwined on a plantation in Virginia. There, Jordan's and Sadie's mothers developed a bond stronger than blood, despite the fact that one was enslaved and the other was the privileged daughter of the plantation's owner. With Jordan's mother on her deathbed, Sadie leaves her disapproving husband to make the arduous train journey with her mother to Chicago. But the reunion between two families is soon fraught with personal and political challenges"--