Fury in the Fire by Henning Mankell – translated from Swedish and first published in 2009
This is a novel aimed at young adults. Sofia is a young woman who lives in poverty in a village in Mozambique with her mother. Her husband Armando works in the city and only comes home at weekends. She lost her younger sister and both her legs when she stepped on a landmine in the first book in the series – Secrets in the Fire – and her older sister died of AIDS in the second book in the series – Playing with Fire. She is now pregnant with her third child. Then she discovers that Armando is being unfaithful and has a mistress in the city. The author, who is the creator of the detective Kurt Wallander, spends half his life in Mozambique. 6/10
14th November 2010
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