EAN: 9780349702063

THE SELFLESS ACT OF BREATHING - J J BOLA TASCHE...

How do you decide if your life is worth living? Michael Kabongo is a British-Congolese teacher
living in London on the cusp of two identities. On paper  he seems to have it all - he's loved
by his students  popular with his colleagues and enjoys the pride of his mother who emigrated
from the Congo. But after he suffers a devastating loss his life is thrown into a tailspin.
Longing to escape  Michael decides to spontaneously pack up and go to America  the mythical
'land of the free ' where he imagines everything will be better  easier - a place where he can
become someone new  someone without a past filled with pain. On this transformative journey 
Michael travels from New York City to San Francisco  partying with new friends  sparking
fleeting romances  and splurging on big adventures. In the back of his mind  Michael has a
plan: follow his dreams until the money runs out  and then he can consider what it means to
stay alive... 'Wonderfully tender... Bola's vulnerable  delicate writing conveys so much truth
and heart about the quiet pain in our hearts' Nikesh Shukla 'Arresting... Important and
emotive... Powerfully raw' Guardian 'I knew from the opening that this book was going to break
my heart. Breathless and gripping' Yvonne Battle-Felton 'Heartfelt and searing... Readers will
be swept up in the sheer beauty of Bola's writing' The i

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