<u><b>By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021</b></u><b>A searing tale of a young woman discovering her troubled family history and cultural past</b><b>¿Gurnah writes with wonderful insight about family relationships </b><b>and he folds in the layers of history with elegance and warmth¿</b><i> The Times</i><i>_________________________________</i>Dottie Badoura Fatma Balfour finds solace amidst the squalor of her childhood by spinning warm tales of affection about her beautiful names. But she knows nothing of their origins, and little of her family history ¿ or the abuse her ancestors suffered as they made their home in Britain.At seventeen, she takes on the burden of responsibility for her brother and sister and is obsessed with keeping the family together. However, as Sophie, lumpen yet voluptuous, drifts away, and the confused Hudson is absorbed into the world of crime, Dottie is forced to consider her own needs. Building on her fragmented, tantalising memories, she begin
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Staggering novel of displacement and loss from the critically acclaimed author
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