{"product_id":"a-bed-on-bricks-paperback","title":"A Bed on Bricks - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMel Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A rare combination of talents. [Kelly] has an extremely clear view of the world and all that is to be human. And she has the brilliant craftsmanship to record it all with the kindness, beauty and care we all deserve.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eKalahari Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn academic encounters unusual findings. A too-kind school teacher gets drawn into a drama not of his making. Ambitious filmmakers go in search of (mis)adventure. Children encounter puberty. Cross-continental lovers slowly drift apart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn nine beautifully realized stories, Kelly charts the complex psychological journeys of everyday people, fumbling for one another across divides of culture, age, gender, class, sexuality, and race. Meaty and cliché-rupturing, \u003cem\u003eA Bed on Bricks\u003c\/em\u003e offers difficult but profound truths about human nature and relationships, driven by characters as rich and diverse as the African landscapes they inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMEL KELLY\u003c\/strong\u003e is originally from Manchester, England. She worked at London Zoo as a senior keeper and then in veterinary nursing before going on to study film theory. An English-language editor and writer since arriving in Windhoek, Namibia in 1998, she also manages a small-scale women's upcycling project, Sew Good Namibia. Her fiction has appeared in the Kalahari Review and she has contributed regular opinion pieces to The Namibian newspaper on social, cultural, and economic issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50865831182533,"sku":"9781967673025","price":30.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/gtWdZx3t5z9781967673025.webp?v=1793688671","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/a-bed-on-bricks-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}