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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. Anna grew up in England with her white mother and knowing very little about her African father. In middle age, after separating from her husband and with her daughter all grown up, she finds herself alone and wondering who she really is. Her mother's death leads her to find her fa...

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Girl, Woman, Other meets An American Marriage in this gripping story of a mixed-race woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by a prize-winning writer who "brilliantly captures the essence of a people and a place" (Nicole Dennis-Benn).Masterful in its examination of freedom, prejudice, and personal and public inheritance, Sankofa is a story for anyone who has ever gone looking for a clear identity or home, and found some...

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick * A Between the Covers Book Club Pick 'A beautiful book about a woman brave enough to discover her true identity' REESE WITHERSPOONAnna 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 Afr...

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 Chibundu Onuzo.Anna grew up in London with her white mother and knowing very little about her African father. In middle age, after separating from her husband and with her daughter all grown up, she finds herself alone and wondering who she really is. Her mother's death leads her to find her fath...

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 Chibundu Onuzo.Anna grew up in London with her white mother and knowing very little about her African father. In middle age, after separating from her husband and with her daughter all grown up, she finds herself alone and wondering who she really is. Her mother's death leads her to find her fath...

A provocative portrait of a rapidly-changing Nigeria by a "tremendous" young novelist who is "energizing the form." (William Boyd, The Guardian)

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Full of humor and heart, this high-spirited novel about aspirations and escape, innocence and corruption offers a provocative portrait of contemporary Nigeria. "A delicate, honest depiction of humanity in a country's darkest periods."--Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of "Here Comes the Sun."over.

Storylines and twists abound. But action is secondary to atmosphere: Onuzo excels at evoking a stratified city, where society weddings feature 'ice sculptures as cold as the unmarried belles' and thugs write tidy receipts for kickbacks extorted from homeless travelers." -The New Yorker When army officer Chike Ameobi is ordered to kill innocent civilians, he knows it is time to desert his post. As he travels toward Lagos with Yemi, his junior o...

A powerful novel from the award-winning author, it paints a provocative portrait of contemporary Nigeria.

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Paperback edition of the debut novel from a young Nigerian author, which is shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. A modern day "Romeo & Juliet", set in Lagos.