Set in a country where being gay is punishable by law,\u00a0<\/b>These Letters End in Tears<\/i><\/b>\u00a0is the heart-wrenching forbidden love story of a Christian girl with a rebellious heart and a Muslim girl leading a double life.<\/b><\/p>\n
Bessem notices Fatima for the first time on the soccer field\u2014muscular and focused, she\u2019s the only woman playing and seems completely at ease. When Fatima chases a rogue ball in her direction, Bessem freezes, mesmerised by the athlete\u2019s charm and beauty. One playful wink from Fatima, and Bessem knows her life will never be the same.<\/span><\/p>\n In Cameroon, a country where same-sex relationships are punishable by law, the odds are stacked against Bessem and Fatima from the start. And when Fatima\u2019s older brother, a staunch Muslim, finds out about their affair, he intervenes by physically assaulting them, an incident that precedes a police raid at the only gay bar in town. After spending days in jail, Fatima goes missing without a trace, and Bessem is left with only rumours of her whereabouts. Has Fatima been sentenced to an unknown prison? Has she been banished from her community, or married off, as the rumours suggest? Or something even more sinister?<\/span><\/p>\n Thirteen years later, Bessem is now a university professor leading a relatively quiet life, occasionally and secretly dating other women. However, she has never forgotten Fatima. After spotting a mutual friend for the first time in years\u2014the last person who may have seen Fatima\u2014Bessem embarks on a winding search for her lost love.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Set in a country where being gay is punishable by law,\u00a0<\/b>These Letters End in Tears<\/i><\/b>\u00a0is the heart-wrenching forbidden love story of a Christian girl with a rebellious heart and a Muslim girl leading a double life.<\/b><\/p>\n Bessem notices Fatima for the first time on the soccer field\u2014muscular and focused, she\u2019s the only woman playing and seems completely at ease. When Fatima chases a rogue ball in her direction, Bessem freezes, mesmerised by the athlete\u2019s charm and beauty. One playful wink from Fatima, and Bessem knows her life will never be the same.<\/span><\/p>\n In Cameroon, a country where same-sex relationships are punishable by law, the odds are stacked against Bessem and Fatima from the start. And when Fatima\u2019s older brother, a staunch Muslim, finds out about their affair, he intervenes by physically assaulting them, an incident that precedes a police raid at the only gay bar in town. After spending days in jail, Fatima goes missing without a trace, and Bessem is left with only rumours of her whereabouts. Has Fatima been sentenced to an unknown prison? Has she been banished from her community, or married off, as the rumours suggest? Or something even more sinister?<\/span><\/p>\n Thirteen years later, Bessem is now a university professor leading a relatively quiet life, occasionally and secretly dating other women. However, she has never forgotten Fatima. After spotting a mutual friend for the first time in years\u2014the last person who may have seen Fatima\u2014Bessem embarks on a winding search for her lost love.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"retailer":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[504,347],"product_tag":[304,156,306],"class_list":{"0":"post-656","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-lgbtq","7":"product_cat-literary-fiction","8":"product_tag-cameroon","9":"product_tag-lgbtq","10":"product_tag-musih-tedji-xaviere","11":"thb-post-share-style1","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"taxable","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-variable"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n