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Telma Rocha is a Canadian author, avid reader, and book reviewer. She documents and shares her reading and writing journey on Instagram and is an active member of various groups dedicated to promoting local talent.
Telma lives in Southern Ontario with her husband and two sons. When she is not reading or writing, she can be found enjoying the outdoors with her family or sharing meals and laughter with good friends.
Born in Angola, Telma immigrated to Canada in 1976 avoiding the turbulent civil war that erupted there in 1974. These events are documented in her first novel, The Angolan Girl. A story about her grandmother's life from childhood through the early stages of the war.
It’s 1975 in Lobito, Angola, where Rosa, Leo, and their children are trapped in their home as militants battle for power. After thirteen years Portugal lost the War of Independence, now civil war rages on. The Carvalho family has given up hope for peace in their beloved homeland. A plan to build a life in Canada sets into motion. But their journey won’t be easy.
Rosa takes comfort in the knowledge that her life has never been easy. Memories of her childhood spent bouncing between wealth and servitude, longing for a mother she couldn’t know, and a naïve adolescence cut short fuel Rosa’s courage to make good on a promise she made long ago.
After five straight days the gunshots have quieted; the time to flee is now. Which would you choose if memories and a change of clothes were all you could take?
Five missed calls from her ex-husband the day after he picked up their daughter. Clairah is desperate to get to Manitoulin Island, but the next ferry doesn't leave for hours. She's stuck on the mainland with her suitcase on her back and no charger. Her ears have been ringing since the phone call with John's new girlfriend. Clairah's mind goes back as it often does to Adam, who should be eleven years old, but isn't.
Adam spends his afterlife doing everything he can to reunite his divided family. It's no easy feat when his parents and older sister can't see or hear him. In the moments when they suffer the most, Clairah, John and Ameleiah can feel Adam's presence, but in order to heal them, he has to find a way to make them listen: the cry of their broken hearts that beat in place of his own.