Tapestries of Difference A Novel

Emma Maconie is an ambitious north Londoner who has never been satisfied simply living in the world – she wants to change it. Setting out for an interview for a high-flying job in the BBC’s current affairs unit, she bumps into Simon Robertson, in what appears to be a chance encounter. A succession of coincidences and events rapidly draw the pair together. Within a week of their meeting, Emma knows she has to choose between her long-standing boyfriend and soul-mate, Robbie, and this new man for whom she feels an almost obsessive attraction. Emma soon finds herself in Zimbabwe where she uses her skills as an investigative journalist to confirm horrific truths about herself and her past. This throws into question her self-identity and the integrity of those closest to her. Emma returns from Africa knowing the life she wants with the man she loves lies beyond her control and is in the hands of others. This is only possible if they are willing to confront events that ought to be forgotten – and forgive each other for events which happened years before Emma was born. Tapestries of Difference is a gripping love story which captures both the alluring beauty, as well as the harshness, of today’s Africa. It also provides a moving meditation on what it means to be British today as it confronts the issues of faith and belief, race, and ethnicity to weave the tapestries of core values which will bind people together.