National by Christopher Lai | Bookstagram Tour
Welcome to the Love Books Tours Bookstagram Tour for National by Christopher Lai.
From 5th to 9th October, our Bookstagrammers are stepping into this 178-page Historical Fiction and Historical Romance novel set against the backdrop of apartheid South Africa in 1986.
About the Book
National
Author: Christopher Lai
Genre: Historical Fiction | Romance | Historical Romance
Pages: 178
It’s 1986 and apartheid South Africa is banned from global sporting events.
Chanelle Va der Merwe, the daughter of a wealthy South African banker, needs to convince Jamaican football icon Patrick Anderason to take part in an international football competition being hosted in South Africa. To save her father’s company, she offers Patrick the deal of a lifetime if he agrees to put together and captain a Caribbean team.
Patrick refuses. He remembers the fate of the blacklisted cricketers who took part in the 1983 Rebel Tour to South Africa and will not compromise his integrity.
But when Patrick needs money to fund medical care for his gravely ill godson, he is faced with an agonising decision: play football in apartheid South Africa or allow the boy to die.
As a friendship develops between Patrick and Chanelle, he begins to discover that life is not always black and white, and neither is the possibility of a future between them.
Meet Christopher Lai
Chris Lai has worked extensively in the food industry, banking and as an economist.
Away from his career, he coaches football at the club he once represented as a player, teaches maths at his alma mater and works with the Down Syndrome Foundation.
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6th October
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7th October
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8th October
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9th October
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Discover National
Blending historical fiction, romance and football, National explores difficult choices around integrity, friendship, sacrifice and love against the political and social backdrop of apartheid South Africa.
National is also available through Kindle Unlimited for subscribers in the UK and US.
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