You Will Be Safe Here 1st Edition by Damian Barr ISBN 1408886081 9781408886083

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ISBN 10: 1408886081 
ISBN 13: 9781408886083
Author: Damian Barr

An Observer, Guardian, Financial Times, Irish Times, Irish Independent, Big Issue and Strong Words Pick of the Year

‘This is a book that tilts the world’ STYLIST

‘A gripping, heartbreaking tale of uncomfortable histories and the resilience of love’ GRAHAM NORTON

‘I want you to read this … I enjoy a lot of books but few stay with me like this has’ PHILIPPA PERRY

‘Completely gripping and profoundly moving’ MAGGIE O’FARRELL

‘Very beautiful. Only a truly wise and kind person could write such a book’ MAX PORTER

‘Heart-wrenching … redemptive and full of love’ JOJO MOYES

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME

The book that will change the way you see the world.

2010. Sixteen-year-old outsider Willem just wants to be left alone with his books and his dog. Worried he’s not turning out right, his ma and her boyfriend send him to New Dawn Safari Training Camp. Here they ‘make men out of boys’. Guaranteed.

1901. The height of the second Boer War in South Africa. Sarah van der Watt and her son are taken from their farm by force to Bloemfontein Concentration Camp where, the English promise: they will be safe.

You Will Be Safe Here 1st Table of contents:

• Part One: Willem’s Story

  • Introduction to Willem, a boy in South Africa in the early 1900s.
  • His life in the Boer War “correctional” camp.
  • The harsh realities of institutionalized abuse during the apartheid era.

• Part Two: Ryan’s Story

  • The story shifts to contemporary England.
  • Follows Ryan, a young gay man, struggling to find a place where he feels safe.
  • His relationships and personal struggles in a modern context.

• Part Three: Intersections

  • As the novel progresses, the two stories begin to intertwine in a meaningful way.
  • The past and present converge, revealing deeper connections and the lasting effects of history on individual lives.

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