Orchestra of Minorities: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019Umuahia, Nigeria. Chinonso, a young poultry farmer, sees a woman attempting to jump to her death from a highway bridge. Horrified by her recklessness, Chinonso joins her on the roadside and hurls two of his most prized chickens into the water below to demonstrate the severity of the fall. The woman, Ndali, is moved by his sacrifice. Bonded by this strange night on the bridge, Chinonso and Ndali fall in love. But Ndali is from a wealthy family, and

Horace's war didn't last long

Mary's utterly reliable

and explores the way love and hate combine to form a young man's beliefs

shoots his horse and livestock

But it wasn't all work

'Born Survivors' follows the mothers' incredible journey

They don't take to the woman locum

Only then would she wonder if she'd travelled too far

Mary is certain she'd be a marvelous spy

For weeks someone has been broadcasting people's secrets from the minarets of the city's mosques and

uncovering a hideous ring of child traffickers

Its residents welcome him with open arms - but there's more to this strange community than meets the eye