Sankofa

Product Description ***A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK***   ***A BBC 2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK***   A woman wondering who she really is goes in search of a father she never knew - only to find something far more complicated than she ever expected - in this moving and hopeful novel of self-discovery.   'I LOVED Sankofa SO MUCH' MARIAN KEYES   Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is. She has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her mother - the only parent who raised her - is dead.   Searching through her mother's belongings, she finds clues about the West African father she never knew. Through reading his student diary, chronicling his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London, she discovers that he eventually became the president - some would say the dictator - of Bamana in West Africa. And he is still alive.   She decides to track him down and so begins a funny, painful, fascinating journey, and an exploration of race, identity and what we pass on to our children.   'Utterly compelling' STYLIST   'Slick pacing and unpredictable developments keep the reader alert right up to the novel's exhilarating ending' GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY   'Wonderful. Poignant and powerful and so timely and the beautiful ending had me in tears, reminding me to look within as well as without for my answers' STELLA DUFFY Review Utterly compelling ... A disarmingly moving, surprisingly hilarious and fascinating journey ― Stylist I LOVED Sankofa SO MUCH. It explores identity, duality, belonging, racism, post-colonialism ... and the writing style is beguilingly cool, wry, detached ― Marian Keyes Onuzo displays astonishing imagination and versatility in this fantastic novel about a woman's search for her personal, familial and national identity, delivered with deadpan humour in captivating prose ― Sefi Atta Captivating... A beautiful book about a woman brave enough to discover her true identity ― Reese Witherspoon (2021) Slick pacing and unpredict able developments keep the reader alert right up to the novel's exhilarating ending ― Guardian Book of the Day Onuzo's sneakily breezy, highly entertaining novel leaves the reader rethinking familiar narratives of colonization, inheritance and liberation ― New York Times Book Review A real pleasure, it's funny, thought-provoking and holds a light up to everything from cultural differences to colonialism ― Stylist Unmissable 2021 Fiction I loved venturing from London to the fictional African nation of Bamana in Sankofa, a novel I found hard to put down -- Maggie Shipstead ― Daily Mail A really great book, very poignant but also told really straight ― Sara Cox, Radio Times A stirring narrative about family, our capacity to change and the need to belong ― Time Wonderful. Poignant and powerful and so timely and the beautiful ending had me in tears, reminding me to look within as well as without for my answers ― Stella Duffy, 2021 Spellbinding . . . Onuzu's spare style elegantly cuts to the core of her themes. The balancing of Anna's soul-searching with her thrilling discoveries makes for a satisfying endeavour ― Publishers Weekly Unscrupulous politicians, irresponsible journalism, and the yawning gap between rich and poor feel deeply personal as Anna's journey unfolds . . . Fresh and new ― Library Journal A hugely compelling novel about identity and the stories we tell about ourselves ― Anna James (2021) An engagingly written journey of self-discovery ― Kirkus Reviews Uniquely layered and lovingly written ― Ms Magazine Book Description A funny, gripping and surprising story of a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo. From the Inside Flap A gripping, surprising and funny story of a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by award-winning author