Books like Once, two islands by Dawn Garisch

Twelve-year‑old Nao in Tokyo wrestles with loneliness and bullying and, before she ends it all, writes a diary about her great‑grandmother, a Buddhist nun who has lived a century. Across the Pacific a novelist on a remote island discovers objects from Nao’s life and is drawn into her mystery.

A nine‑year‑old’s perspective in 1990s Akure, Nigeria, where four brothers’ forbidden fishing trip leads to a fratricidal myth that reshapes their lives.

The Antiquary follows an antiquarian who, though not the central hero, serves as commentator amid a tale of family secrets, buried treasures and hopeless love.

In a strict Mennonite community, a 16‑year‑old girl rebels against tradition as she faces her family's collapse.

Precious Ramotswe of Botswana tackles school misbehavior, navigates Grace Makutsi’s marriage hiccups, and shares tea with Clovis Andersen—an author of a famous investigative manual—while juggling her usual cases.

A small group of survivors, including a dog, is stranded on a deserted island for the night.

"Ever since Nelson Mandela dramatically walked out of prison in 1990 after twenty-seven years behind bars, South Africa has been undergoing a radical transformation. In one of the most miraculous events of the century, the oppressive system of apartheid was dismantled. But how could this country - one of spectacular beauty and promise - come to terms with its ugly past? How could its people, whom the oppressive white government had pitted against one another, live side by side as friends and neighbors?"--BOOK JACKET. "To begin the healing process, Nelson Mandela created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, headed by the renowned cleric Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Established in 1995, the commission faced the awesome task of hearing the testimony of the victims of apartheid as well as the oppressors. In this book, Antjie Krog, a South African journalist and poet who has covered the work of the commission, recounts the drama, the horrors, the wrenching personal stories of the victims and their families. Through the testimonies of victims of abuse and violence, from the appearance of Winnie Mandela to former South African president P. W. Botha's extraordinary courthouse press conference, this award-winning poet leads us on an amazing journey."--BOOK JACKET.

Par une romancière sud-africaine de talent, une plongée dans l'enfer quotidien - violence et suspicion - du racisme. L'héroïne est la fille d'un médecin blanc, condamné à la prison à vie, pour avoir organisé la lutte politique contre l'apartheid.

Brie plans to leave her strict father and move in with her absent mother, but a shocking revelation about her past changes everything.

An albino woman, Memory, writes her recollected truth while awaiting execution in Zimbabwe’s Chikurubi maximum‑security prison, questioning the nature of her conviction for the murder of her adopted father.

A young Dominican girl learns about her homeland by asking family, friends, and neighbors to share stories that help her draw her island’s memories for school.

In 1831, 15‑year‑old Mary Braddock, a farmhand with lavender‑tainted hair, chronicles the hardships of farm life, her sisters, and an unexpected tenure with a vicar’s invalid wife, revealing the truth she must preserve.