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GENRE: Literary Fiction, LGBT, magical realism,
multicultural
A
story about an all-inclusive resort, the ghost of an unknown father, and the
tragedies we can’t forget.
What’s it like when everyone’s dream vacation is your job? Ameera works at a Mexican all-inclusive resort, where every day is paradise — if “paradise” means endless paperwork, quotas to meet, and entitled tourists. But it’s not all bad: Ameera’s pastime of choice is the swingers scene, and the resort is the perfect place to hook up with like-minded couples without all the hassle of having to see them again.
Despite Ameera’s best efforts to keep her sideline a secret, someone is spreading scandalous rumours about her around the resort, and her job might be at stake. Meanwhile, she’s being plagued by her other secret, the big unknown of her existence: the identity of her father and why he disappeared. Unbeknownst to Ameera, her father, Azeez, is looking for her, and they both must come to terms with the reason why he abandoned her.
A moving new work from award-winning author Farzana Doctor, All Inclusive blurs the lines between the real world and paradise, and life and death, and reminds us that love is neither easily lost nor found.
What’s it like when everyone’s dream vacation is your job? Ameera works at a Mexican all-inclusive resort, where every day is paradise — if “paradise” means endless paperwork, quotas to meet, and entitled tourists. But it’s not all bad: Ameera’s pastime of choice is the swingers scene, and the resort is the perfect place to hook up with like-minded couples without all the hassle of having to see them again.
Despite Ameera’s best efforts to keep her sideline a secret, someone is spreading scandalous rumours about her around the resort, and her job might be at stake. Meanwhile, she’s being plagued by her other secret, the big unknown of her existence: the identity of her father and why he disappeared. Unbeknownst to Ameera, her father, Azeez, is looking for her, and they both must come to terms with the reason why he abandoned her.
A moving new work from award-winning author Farzana Doctor, All Inclusive blurs the lines between the real world and paradise, and life and death, and reminds us that love is neither easily lost nor found.
Excerpt:
March 27, 2015, Huatulco, Mexico
A DC8 droned above.
“Here they come,” I announced. Friday was our
departure-arrival day. One sunburned and
grouchy group left for their northern homes, and another
cohort, ecstatic and pale, touched down and took their place.
Roberto grabbed a plastic file-box and gestured for me to
sit beside him. I lowered myself
onto the makeshift seat and wiped away a slick of perspiration
from the creases behind my
knees.
“Ameera, you hear about that tour rep getting fired over at
Waves?” Roberto stroked his
thin moustache.
“Nancy? Yeah, I’m still in shock.” I hadn’t known her well,
but I’d gone clubbing with her
and the other tour reps from our sister resorts a few times.
She’d seemed all right to me.
The airplane circled closer, and, in unison, we clapped our
hands over our ears and tilted
our chins to the sky. After it had rolled across the tarmac
and quieted its engines, we resumed our gossip.
“What I don’t get is why someone in their late twenties
would want to have sex with a fifteen-year-old.” Roberto shook his head, as
though trying to dislodge the idea.
“But didn’t the kid lie about his age? He told her he was
eighteen, right?” While I’d never
in a million years sleep with a teenager, I could imagine
how booze and loneliness could have led Nancy to her mistake.
Buy
links:
Indie
bookstore: http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9781459731813
Book
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTStZedIao
Book
club guide: https://www.dundurn.com/sites/default/files/supplementary/AllInclusive-BookClubResource.pdf
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Farzana
Doctor is the author of three novels: Stealing Nasreen, Six Metres of Pavement
(which was a 2012 Lambda Literary Award and the 2017 One Book One Brampton
winner) and the recently released All Inclusive which was a Kobo and National
Post Best Book of the Year. Farzana was named one of CBC Books’ “Ten Canadian
Women Writers You Need to Read Now”. She is also a Registered Social Worker
with a part-time psychotherapy practice. She curates the Brockton Writers
Series.
Website:
www.farzanadoctor.com
Twitter:
@farzanadoctor
Instagram:
@farzanadoctor
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/farzanadoctor
4 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
congrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
Thanks for hosting today!
Thanks for sharing the excerpt!
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