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From the prize-winning author of WAHALA, a powerful de-colonial retelling of MANSFIELD PARK, exploring identity, culture, race and love

'A spirited exploration of culture and kinship' BONNIE GARMUS
'Deeply emotional and entertaining' EMMA STONEX, author of The Lamplighters
'Tugs at the heartstrings' DAMILARE KUKU, author of Nearly all the Men in Lagos are Mad
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When Funke's mother dies in an accident in Lagos, she's sent to live with her maternal family in England. Against a backdrop of condescension and mild neglect, sensible Funke strives to fit in, determined to become one of them.

Free-spirited Liv has always wanted to break free of her joyless family, to be nothing like them. Fiercely protective of Funke, she at last has an ally. The two cousins give each other what they need most: love.

But the past casts long shadows and the choices made by their mothers haunt them, s

This Motherless Land

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From the prize-winning author of WAHALA, a powerful de-colonial retelling of MANSFIELD PARK, exploring identity, culture, race and love'A spirited... Read more

    Publisher: Transworld
    Publication Date: 7/18/2024
    ISBN13: 9780857527813, 978-0857527813
    ISBN10: 0857527819

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    From the prize-winning author of WAHALA, a powerful de-colonial retelling of MANSFIELD PARK, exploring identity, culture, race and love

    'A spirited exploration of culture and kinship' BONNIE GARMUS
    'Deeply emotional and entertaining' EMMA STONEX, author of The Lamplighters
    '    Tugs at the heartstrings' DAMILARE KUKU, author of Nearly all the Men in Lagos are Mad
    '    ______________
    When Funke's mother dies in an accident in Lagos, she's sent to live with her maternal family in England. Against a backdrop of condescension and mild neglect, sensible Funke strives to fit in, determined to become one of them.

    Free-spirited Liv has always wanted to break free of her joyless family, to be nothing like them. Fiercely protective of Funke, she at last has an ally. The two cousins give each other what they need most: love.

    But the past casts long shadows and the choices made by their mothers haunt them, s

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