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''Few people can write the way Jendella does'' - Kelechi Okafor, author of Edge of Here''All That We''ve Got is simply brilliant'' - Dorothy Koomson, author of Every Smile You Fake''A heartwarming story about the strength of...Black women'' - Taylor-Dior Rumble, author of The Situationship''Simultaneously thought-provoking, heartrending and uplifting'' - Onyi Nwabineli, author of Someday, Maybe''An engrossing, empowering story'' - Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, author of Yinka, Where is Your Huzband?Over one relentlessly hot summer, two women''s lives are about to collide in the most unexpected ways.Mimi is a single mum in her twenties, looking to break free from her family''s judgements and her church''s oppressive, hypocritical gossip to establish who she is on her own. But a dangerous new romance could lead her into trouble...

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'So deliciously South London.' - Yomi Adegoke, author of SLAY IN YOUR LANE'A sweeping, rich tale that explores family, secrets, loss, love and redemption within the context of a tessellation of cultures - written with a beautiful texture, Benson pulls you in to a deftly-woven story with tautly-written sentences, and before you know it you find yourself in too deep to get out, too deep to want to get out, wanting to know more.'- Bolu Babalola, author of LOVE IN COLOUR'Jendella Benson has drawn such a compelling world that Hope and Glory, the book and the characters themselves, stayed with me long after I'd turned the final pages.' - Candice Carty-Williams, author of QUEENIEGlory arrives back in Peckham, from her seemingly-glamorous life in LA, to mourn the sudden death of her father, and finds her previously-close family has fallen apart in her absence. Her brother, Victor, has been jailed; her sister, Faith, appears to have lost her independence and ambition; and their mother, Celeste, is headed towards a breakdown. Glory is thrown by their disarray, and rather than returning to America she decides to stay and try to bring them all together again. However, when she unearths a huge family secret, Glory risks losing everyone she truly cares about in her pursuit of the truth.HOPE AND GLORY is a rich, heart-warming story of loss, love and family chaos, and marks an exciting new voice in fiction.

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''So deliciously South London.'' - Yomi Adegoke, author of SLAY IN YOUR LANE''A sweeping, rich tale that explores family, secrets, loss, love and redemption within the context of a tessellation of cultures - written with a beautiful texture, Benson pulls you in to a deftly-woven story with tautly-written sentences, and before you know it you find yourself in too deep to get out, too deep to want to get out, wanting to know more.''- Bolu Babalola, author of LOVE IN COLOUR''Jendella Benson has drawn such a compelling world that Hope and Glory, the book and the characters themselves, stayed with me long after I''d turned the final pages.'' - Candice Carty-Williams, author of QUEENIEGlory arrives back in Peckham, from her seemingly-glamorous life in LA, to mourn the sudden death of her father, and finds her previously-close family has fallen apart in her absence. Her brother, Victor, has been jailed; her sister, Faith, appears to have los

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