From 'the most important African novelist to emerge in the past twenty-five years' (New York Review of Books) comes a novel set in Somalia and Kenya about family, freedom and loyalty
When Bella, an internationally known fashion photographer, dazzling and aloof, is forced to return to Nairobi to care for her teenage niece and nephew, she feels an unfamiliar surge of protectiveness and responsibility. But when their mother unexpectedly resurfaces, reasserting her maternal rights and bringing with her a gale of chaos and confusion that mirrors the deepening political instability in the region, Bella must decide whether she can – or must – come to their rescue.
- ISBN10 1780748000
- ISBN13 9781780748009
- Publish Date 4 June 2015 (first published 30 October 2014)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oneworld Publications
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 352
- Language English