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 a small nation 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.
***A Reese Witherspoon book club pick, a BBC 2 between the covers book club pick, shortlisted for the women’s prize for fiction futures prize and an amazon best book of the year***
About the Author
Chibundu Onuzo was born in Nigeria in 1991 in Lagos and is the youngest of four children. She signed her first book deal at just 19. Her debut The Spider Kings, published in 2012, won a Betty Trask Award. She’s since written two other novels, including her latest Sankofa. In 2018 Chibundu was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, as part of its ’40 Under 40′ initiative. When not writing Chibundu can be found playing the piano or singing.
Other Books by the Author
- The Spider King’s Daughter
- Welcome to Lagos
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