Lola Jaye

A Novel

Attic Child

The Attic Child

'A thought-provoking, lovely tale that will make you laugh and cry.' The Sun

By the Time You Read This

By the time you read this

What other explanation could there be? With her dark complexion and kinky hair, so unlike her fair-skinned parents, Lara knew she was different. At eight she finally learned the word "adopted." Twenty-two years later, a stranger arrives as she blows out the candles on her thirtieth birthday cake—a woman in a blue-and-black head tie who also claims the title "Lara’s mother." Lara, always in control, now finds her life slipping free of the stranglehold she's had on it. Unexpected, dangerously unfamiliar emotions are turning Lara's life upside down, pulling her between Nigeria and London, forcing her to confront the truth about her past. But if she's brave enough to embrace the lives of her two mothers, she may discover once and for all what it truly means to be Lara.

Being Lara

Lena has always kept her two sisters Millie and Cara in check. But when Lena is involved in an accident her sisters forget their issues and rush to her side. As they try to wake Lena from her deep sleep, they begin to learn things they never knew about themselves and discover their much-loved sister had a few secrets in her closet.

While You Were Dreaming

'An unforgettable voice within a breathtaking story about love, lineage, and the intergenerational effect of bravery in the face of misfortune' - Jessica George, author of Divers Book Award winning My Name is Maame Everything about Adeline Copplefield is a lie . . . To the world Mrs Copplefield is the epitome of Victorian propriety: an exemplary society lady who writes a weekly column advising young ladies on how to be better wives. Only Adeline has never been a good wife or mother; she has no claim to the Copplefield name, nor is she an English lady . . . Now a black woman, born in Africa, who dared to pretend to be something she was not, is on trial in the English courts with all of London society baying for her blood. And she is ready to tell her story . . . From the author of The Attic Child, Lola Jaye, comes a powerful dual narrative historical novel. The Manual for Good Wives is about love, generational trauma, second chances and hope.

The Manual for Good Wives

Already a national bestseller in the U.K., Lola Jaye's By the Time You Read This is a profoundly beautiful story of a father's abiding love for the daughter he will never see grow up—and his determination to help guide her through the difficult crossroads and crises of her life even after his own passing. Poignant and unforgettable, evoking in part The Pursuit of Happyness and The Last Lecture, By the Time You Read This celebrates a remarkable bond of love that can never be broken, not even by death.

An English Girl. An American Soldier. A twin secret... When Rose meets American GI William there is no denying the attraction between them...And even though she knows her family would not approve of her relationship with a black soldier, they can’t help but fall in love. However Rose has a secret of her own and when war separates the sweethearts before she can confide in William, it is Rose who will have to deal with the consequences... From the author of Orphan Sisters comes a moving and unique saga which gives a voice to the untold tales of our past.

Wartime Sweethearts

A warm and uplifting tale, perfect for fans of Dorothy Koomson.

"Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret. Early 1900s London: Taken from his homeland, twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn't bound by confines of the small space is when he is acting as an unpaid servant to English explorer Sir Richard Babbington, As the years pass, he desperately clings on to memories of his family in Africa, even as he struggles to remember his mother's face, and sometimes his real name . . . 1974: Lowra, a young orphan girl born into wealth and privilege whose fortunes have now changed, finds herself trapped in the same attic. Searching for a ray of light in the darkness of the attic, Lowra finds under the floorboards an old-fashioned pen, a porcelain doll, a beaded necklace, and a message carved on the wall, written in an unidentifiable language. Providing comfort for her when all hope is lost, these clues will lead her to uncover the secrets of the attic"--

Lois war erst sechs, als ihr Vater an Krebs starb. In ihrem Herzen hinterließ sein Tod ein riesiges Loch. Inzwischen ist sie schon dreizehn, und ihre Mutter möchte wieder heiraten – ausgerechnet den Blödmann, den sie beim Bingo kennengelernt hat. Doch dann erfährt Lois auf der Hochzeit von ihrer Tante, dass ihr Dad ihr etwas hinterlassen hat: ein kleines, geheimnisvolles Paket. Gespannt und aufgeregt öffnet sie es und findet ein grünes Notizbuch, ein Handbuch für das Leben, geschrieben von ihrem Vater kurz vor seinem Tod. Bis zu ihrem 30. Lebensjahr darf Lois jeweils zu ihrem Geburtstag ein Kapitel lesen. Ihr Dad erklärt darin seiner über alles geliebten Tochter das Erwachsenwerden: die Ängste, Nöte, aber auch die Freuden und Hoffnungen. Mutig macht sich Lois unter dem Schutz ihres Vaters auf die große Reise, die das Leben ist. Und sie versteht, dass man manchmal genau hinsehen muss, um die wahre Liebe zu erkennen ... «Eine wunderschöne, nachdenkliche Geschichte, die Sie zum Lachen und zum Weinen bringt.» THE SUN

Für immer, Dein Dad

'An incredibly important book . . . a beautifully crafted, compelling story . . . which will undoubtedly break your heart but also make it sing.' Mike Gayle 'This is important storytelling about issues of race and privilege . . .that will stay with me for a long time.' Tracy Chevalier 'Just brilliant.' Dorothy Koomson 'Powerful and emotional' Lisa Jewell Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a secret. 1907: Twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of his time locked in an attic room of a large house by the sea. Taken from his homeland and treated as an unpaid servant, he dreams of his family in Africa even if, as the years pass, he struggles to remember his mother’s face, and sometimes his real name . . . Decades later, Lowra, a young orphan girl born into wealth and privilege, will find herself banished to the same attic. Lying under the floorboards of the room is an old porcelain doll, an unusual beaded claw necklace and, most curiously, a sentence etched on the wall behind an old cupboard, written in an unidentifiable language. Artefacts that will offer her a strange kind of comfort, and lead her to believe that she was not the first child to be imprisoned there . . . Lola Jaye has created a hauntingly powerful, emotionally charged and unique dual-narrative novel about family secrets, love and loss, identity and belonging, seen through the lens of Black British History in The Attic Child.

DAS LEBEN IST EIN GESCHENK, DAS MAN NUR AUSPACKEN MUSS. Lena liegt nach einem Unfall im Koma. Ihre Schwestern, die arbeitslose Millie und Cara, die Karrierefrau, lassen alles stehen und liegen, um ins Krankenhaus an ihre Seite zu eilen. Dort, an Lenas Bett, kommen sie sich wieder näher. Und müssen feststellen: Sie kannten ihre Schwester kaum. Als ein heimlicher Verehrer Lenas im Krankenhaus auftaucht, erleben die Schwestern ein Wunder ...

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