Refuge

Name: Refuge
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ISBN: 9780615695402

ISBN-10: 061569540X

ISBN-13: 9780615695402

Edition: N/A

Authors: N. Osborne

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On a dusty, sweltering night, Noor Khan, a beautiful, headstrong Afghan refugee, comes face-to-face with Charlie Matthews, a brash, young American aid worker. To Noor's fury, Charlie breaks every cultural norm and pursues her. She wants nothing to do with him: her sole aim in life is to earn an overseas scholarship so she can escape the miseries of the refugee camps.However when Noor's brother threatens to marry her off, she is forced to seek refuge in Charlie's home, of all places, and suddenly everything Noor believes in is put into question.Set in the mystical and seething city of Peshawar, where no one is without an agenda and few can be trusted, Refuge is a timeless and unforgettable…

Book details

List price: $16.03
Publisher: Cranham & Keith Books
Publication date: 10/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.16" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

N. G. Osborne grew up in Angus, Scotland and graduated in 1995 from Oxford University with a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy & Economics. At the age of eighteen, Osborne spent twelve months as a volun-teer for Project Trust working in a school and the Afghan refugee camps of Peshawar, Pakistan. This experience was the inspiration for this novel.