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''This meticulously crafted gem is not merely read; it is experienced ''
Steve Toltz, author of Here Goes Nothing

''Haunting . . . perfectly attuned to what it means to roam freely as an immigrant in America''
Guardian

A heartbreaking novel about loss, family and exile, from the winner of the Guardian First Book Award

After abandoning his once promising career as a journalist in search of a new life in Paris, Mamush meets Helen - a photographer whose way of seeing the world shows him the possibility of finding not only love, but family. Now, five years later, with his marriage on the verge of collapse, he leaves his young family and returns to the close-knit immigrant Ethiopian community of Washington DC that defined his childhood.

At its center is Mamush''s stoic, implacable mother, and Samuel, the larger-than-life father-figure whose ceaseless charm and humor have always served

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    A Hardback by Dinaw Mengestu

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      Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/1/2024
      ISBN13: 9781444793796, 978-1444793796
      ISBN10: 1444793799
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''This meticulously crafted gem is not merely read; it is experienced ''
      Steve Toltz, author of Here Goes Nothing

      ''Haunting . . . perfectly attuned to what it means to roam freely as an immigrant in America''
      Guardian

      A heartbreaking novel about loss, family and exile, from the winner of the Guardian First Book Award

      After abandoning his once promising career as a journalist in search of a new life in Paris, Mamush meets Helen - a photographer whose way of seeing the world shows him the possibility of finding not only love, but family. Now, five years later, with his marriage on the verge of collapse, he leaves his young family and returns to the close-knit immigrant Ethiopian community of Washington DC that defined his childhood.

      At its center is Mamush''s stoic, implacable mother, and Samuel, the larger-than-life father-figure whose ceaseless charm and humor have always served

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