Seven Stones the pair share their stories

the pair share their stories but struggle to understand each other's choices in a fast-changing world

Noor accepts her fate

As he embarks from his small flat in west London to the modern Caribbean island he once called home

Esua's education in racial politics was immediate and personal

but now an even greater evil lurks

Seven Stones the pair share their storiesIn a remote community on the edge of a windswept desert, a woman has been condemned to death by stoning. Steeped in the harsh values of her traditional, patriarchal society, Noor accepts her fate. When an aid worker befriends her, urging her to defend herself and her unborn child, the two women form a bond. Together with Amina, Noor's outspoken friend, they struggle to defy the law. Written in prose imbued with the rhythms and images of the author's