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Peace
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A.D. Koboah (Goodreads Author)
Peace Osei is young, beautiful – and addicted to heroin; the only thing that can keep painful past memories at bay. But when a face from the past re-enters her life demanding answers to questions she is not ready to face, it threatens to send Peace swimming deeper into self-destructive waters. Having spent so long drifting away from the real world, can Peace find the stren...more
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September 24th 2012
by Twenty Four Publishing
(first published September 4th 2012)
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Peace is a dark, but very well written novel. The story, set in a lower income area of London, is told from a young black woman's PoV, who struggles with her past and a drug addiction that consumes her life. When the story starts, there is not much in the way of dialogue. A narration that spans approximately three chapters long, opens a door to the first glimpse of Peace's inner struggle. However, the reasons for her deteriorating lif...more
Peace is a dark, but very well written novel. The story, set in a lower income area of London, is told from a young black woman's PoV, who struggles with her past and a drug addiction that consumes her life. When the story starts, there is not much in the way of dialogue. A narration that spans approximately three chapters long, opens a door to the first glimpse of Peace's inner struggle. However, the reasons for her deteriorating lif...more
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Born in Ghana, the young and beautiful Peace Osei grows up, struggling to find her place among her mother, sister, friends, education. Everything and everybody seems to be against her. As a result of sexual intercourse she becomes a mother of Dante at a young age. Her friend, Mohammed leaves her immediately, doesn't care about Peace of his son, but returns every now and then to claim his heritage. Daniel, another frightening man eventually rapes Peace. And Jason, friend of both Mohammed and Peac...more
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What do you do when you realize you've hit rock bottom and you don't want to leave that solid base?
Peace lives in the type of neighborhood we would classify as a ghetto. She doesn't have a job, friends, or a significant other. There is one thing that Peace does have though: a serious addiction to heroin. Deeply rooted in a dark past that is slowly revealed to us, Peace's addiction is more about her coping with her emotions than with the physical toll her body suffers at the hands of "the brown....more
Peace lives in the type of neighborhood we would classify as a ghetto. She doesn't have a job, friends, or a significant other. There is one thing that Peace does have though: a serious addiction to heroin. Deeply rooted in a dark past that is slowly revealed to us, Peace's addiction is more about her coping with her emotions than with the physical toll her body suffers at the hands of "the brown....more
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This is a heartbreaking, well-written book. It is a dark and depressing story of a young woman of Ghanian descent who can barely survive in low-income London. We meet her as a heroin addict, learning that she is trying to forget a traumatic event. Koboah takes her time letting this story unfold, taking us into the past then to the present to see how each step in Peace's life has led to today.
I already felt immense sympathy for Peace, but a...more
This is a heartbreaking, well-written book. It is a dark and depressing story of a young woman of Ghanian descent who can barely survive in low-income London. We meet her as a heroin addict, learning that she is trying to forget a traumatic event. Koboah takes her time letting this story unfold, taking us into the past then to the present to see how each step in Peace's life has led to today.
I already felt immense sympathy for Peace, but a...more
What do you do when you realize you've hit rock bottom and you don't want to leave that solid base?
Peace lives in the type of neighborhood we would classify as a ghetto. She doesn't have a job, friends, or a significant other. There is one thing that Peace does have though: a serious addiction to heroin. Deeply rooted in a dark past that is slowly revealed to us, Peace's addiction is more about her coping with her emotions than with the physical toll her body suffers at the hands of "the brown....more
Peace lives in the type of neighborhood we would classify as a ghetto. She doesn't have a job, friends, or a significant other. There is one thing that Peace does have though: a serious addiction to heroin. Deeply rooted in a dark past that is slowly revealed to us, Peace's addiction is more about her coping with her emotions than with the physical toll her body suffers at the hands of "the brown....more
Amazingly written, heartbreaking story.
I enjoyed this book so much, it really makes you suffer and smile as the characters do.
A sad but easily real story.
I enjoyed this book so much, it really makes you suffer and smile as the characters do.
A sad but easily real story.
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I am of Ghanaian descent and spent the first few years of my life in Ghana before moving to London which is where I have lived ever since. I completed an English Literature degree in 2000 and although I have always written in my spare time, I didn’t start writing full-time until a few years ago.
My first novel Dark Genesis was inspired by my thoughts on dehumanisation. I was fascinated by the ways...more
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