A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK | AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA 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 "stirring narrative about family, our capacity to change and the need to belong" (Time)."Onuzo's sneakily breezy, highly entertaining novel leaves the reader rethinking familiar narratives of colonization, inheritance and liberation." -The New York Times Book ReviewAnna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is.
In her 40s, 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 one day, Anna finds clues about the African father she never knew. His student diaries chronicle his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London. Anna discovers that he eventually became the president-some would say dictator-of a small nation in West Africa.
And he is still alive .
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK | AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA 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 "stirring narrative about family, our capacity to change and the need to belong" (Time)."Onuzo's sneakily breezy, highly entertaining novel leaves the reader rethinking familiar narratives of colonization, inheritance and liberation." -The New York Times Book ReviewAnna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is.
In her 40s, 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 one day, Anna finds clues about the African father she never knew. His student diaries chronicle his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London. Anna discovers that he eventually became the president-some would say dictator-of a small nation in West Africa.
And he is still alive .