The Home of the Drowned

The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami; All Flesh by Ananda Devi; The White Desert by Luis López Carrasco; The Home of the Drowned by Elin Anna LabbaSisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Laurel Taylor and Hitomi Yoshio (Picador, £16.99) Kawakami’s latest opens with a bang, as narrator Hana learns that her old friend Kimiko has been charged with abduction. This MacGuffin takes us to their friendship in late-1990s Tokyo, when teen Hana and the older woman open a bar called Lemon:...

Babysitter arrested after 3-year-old drowned in backyard pool and wasn’t found for 20 minutes, cops say

Babysitter arrested after 3-year-old drowned in backyard pool and wasn’t found for 20 minutes, cops say The drowning occurred at 37-year-old Joann Johnson’s in-home daycare in Prairieville, Louisiana - Bookmark A Louisiana babysitter has been arrested after a three-year-old boy drowned in a backyard pool and wasn’t found for 20 minutes, according to the cops. Joann Johnson, a 37-year-old from Prairieville, turned herself in to the authorities on Wednesday, following the drowning at her...

The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

Daycare operator arrested after 3-year-old was left unconscious in pool for 20 minutes, died

An woman who ran a Louisiana daycare out of her home has been charged with negligent homicide after a 3-year-old boy drowned in a backyard pool, remaining unconscious in the water for about 20 minutes before she pulled him out, authorities said. The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) arrested Joann Johnson, 37, of Prairieville, Louisiana, for the drowning death of the boy she was babysitting after surveillance video showed the drowning boy struggled in the water and was left...

Mother of woman murdered by husband calls for UK animal abuse register

Annette Bramley says Holly’s Law would stop perpetrators acquiring pets and raise awareness of domestic abuse linkAnnette Bramley fondly remembers her daughter Holly as being family-oriented and a lover of animals. “She adored anything small and furry, or even not. I mean, she thought orangutans were beautiful,” she said.

Mother of woman murdered by husband calls for UK animal abuse register

Annette Bramley says Holly’s Law would stop perpetrators acquiring pets and raise awareness of domestic abuse linkAnnette Bramley fondly remembers her daughter Holly as being family-oriented and a lover of animals. “She adored anything small and furry, or even not. I mean, she thought orangutans were beautiful,” she said.

Telangana student jumps into river to save 3 friends in US, gets trapped in fishing net, dies

The body of Koduru Anuroop Reddy, 23, a Telangana youth who died while rescuing three friends from drowning in the US, reached Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday morning. It was later taken to his home in Kavadipalli village in Abdullapurmet, where the funeral was held amid emotional scenes. Anuroop died on May 29 at Toro Bayou Park in Louisiana.

Obama pays tribute to chef who tragically drowned at vacation compound with new honor

Former President Barack Obama’s new presidential center will honor late chef Tafari Campbell — a longtime family friend and trusted member of the Obama household — with the launch of a comfort-food restaurant. "It honors the award-winning former White House culinary team member and beloved personal chef to the Obama family who tragically passed away in 2023," the Obama Foundation announced in a press release Monday. Campbell, 45, drowned while paddle boarding on the Edgartown Great Pond near...

Obama pays tribute to chef who tragically drowned at vacation compound with new honor

Former President Barack Obama’s new presidential center will honor late chef Tafari Campbell — a longtime family friend and trusted member of the Obama household — with the launch of a comfort-food restaurant. "It honors the award-winning former White House culinary team member and beloved personal chef to the Obama family who tragically passed away in 2023," the Obama Foundation announced in a press release Monday. Campbell, 45, drowned while paddle boarding on the Edgartown Great Pond near...

Tragic Brits lost to May heatwave drownings from girl, 15, fetching a ball to hero grandad

Record breaking temperatures in May have brought tragedy across the UK, with a series of accidental drownings leaving families and communities across the country devastated. From a grandfather who died rescuing his nine-year-old granddaughter and a woman who lost her life trying to save her dog, to children playing with friends who never to return home - last month's weather proved just how easy it is for happy days in the sun to turn into heartbreak. A total of 19 people lost their lives in...