E:31/01 Win 1 Of 5 Copies Of Bitter Chocolate By Lesley Lokko

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A glamorous feast of a novel from the woman who puts brains back in blockbusters.

1985: Three young women are about to embark on a life-changing journey, taking us from the tropical idyll of pre-revolution Haiti, to the slums of Chicago and the glitz of LA…

Beautiful Laure has been shadowed by sadness throughout her short life. Only seventeen, she has already been abandoned twice: once by a mother she can barely remember, who upped sticks and left the claustrophobic St Lazare family and fled to America, and then once again by a handsome American soldier, who got her pregnant and then washed his hands of her. Expecting a child and completely alone, and faced with the rigid anger of her frosty grandmother, she sets off to an uncertain future in Chicago.
Ameline has been Laure’s companion for as long as she can remember; she doesn’t fit in anywhere, and knows nothing of who she is or where she’s from. When Laure sets off to the States, Ameline makes a brave bid for freedom, beginning a job as a chambermaid in a hotel in the hills of Haiti which ultimately takes her to the other side of the world to the sedate world of middle England. She learns the language and assimilates successfully, surrounding herself with new friends. But deep down she still yearns for Laure; a part of her is lost, a part of her will always be missing unless they can be reunited.

And then there’s Melanie. The daughter of a world-famous rock star, she has everything money could buy: designer clothes, expensive make-up, exotic holidays, and she oozes sophistication and class. But what she wants more than anything money can’t buy: love and security. After an indiscretion with her steely stepfather, she is sent to LA in disgrace, and while there discovers a very different world to her safe and secure London existence. Falling in with the wrong crowd - as cool as they are - she’s caught in a pattern of self destruction and damaging relationships. Is there a man out there who can change her life for ever and redeem her from the hurt and abuse she’s caught up in?

These three very different girls are all searching for a missing piece of their lives, and all are forced into the wider world in order to find it. Bitter Chocolate is an unputdownable page-turning epic, focussing on three unforgettable women who won’t accept anything but the best in their lives. With locations over the world, from Ghana to London’s East End, this is a whirlwind adventure with irresistible lashings of sex, scandal and, ultimately, redemption.


To win a copy, simply email us at [EMAIL="comps@frombumptogrump.co.uk"]comps@frombumptogrump.co.uk[/EMAIL]

with the answer to the following question.


"How old is Laure?"


Answer: Seventeen


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