Daunt Books

Blessing and her brother Ezikiel take their privileged life in Lagos for granted until the day their father leaves them to be with another woman. When their mother loses her job, the family must adapt to life in a pokey compound in the Niger Delta. Poignant, funny and politically engaged, this year’s Costa winner is a gripping story of a young girl who learns that it is possible to survive almost anything.

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