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Biting the Stick
A support worker, employed to help struggling students, stumbles on a cutting party on a university campus. Not in the Middle East, Africa or Asia, but in the UK.
Distraught and upset by her discovery she goes to her supervisor to report the incident. Now politics and different agendas start to come into play.
What seemed like a straightforward course of action suddenly takes on a grey tinge. Personal circumstances do not help the situation and now there is doubt about whether the whole thing should be made public.
So what would you do...Speak Out or Stay Silent
Distraught and upset by her discovery she goes to her supervisor to report the incident. Now politics and different agendas start to come into play.
What seemed like a straightforward course of action suddenly takes on a grey tinge. Personal circumstances do not help the situation and now there is doubt about whether the whole thing should be made public.
So what would you do...Speak Out or Stay Silent
330 pages, Paperback
First published April 17, 2014
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April 28, 2014
Susannah Carltonhas written another cracking novel, once again on a very difficult subject. Female genital mutilation is very much in the news these days, so the timing is good.
Susannah has written this book from the perspective of a support worker and through her eyes demonstrates how hard it is to deal with problems of this nature. Deeply embedded in culture and involving close family and relatives, how can the authorities tackle the issues, never mind the individuals on the ground?
It displays human frailties and faults, how personal, political and selfishness can all play a part in the actions that are taken. Black & white, Susannah shows it is anything but that and leaves you asking the question - Speak out or Stay Silent?
Susannah has written this book from the perspective of a support worker and through her eyes demonstrates how hard it is to deal with problems of this nature. Deeply embedded in culture and involving close family and relatives, how can the authorities tackle the issues, never mind the individuals on the ground?
It displays human frailties and faults, how personal, political and selfishness can all play a part in the actions that are taken. Black & white, Susannah shows it is anything but that and leaves you asking the question - Speak out or Stay Silent?
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