Before We Hit the Ground

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Beschreibung

<p><strong>*LONGLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE BOOK AWARDS*</strong></p><p><strong>'A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging... beautifully rendered' JESSICA ANDREWS</strong></p><p><strong>'A deeply observant, perceptive writer' JOANNA CANNON</strong></p><p><strong>'Masterful' JJ BOLA</strong></p><p><strong>'Evocative, layered and emotionally resonant... deserves to be on your reading list' <em>GLAMOUR</em></strong></p><strong>'Love was a tightrope between freedom and control. He didn't know how others seemed to walk it with ease'</strong><p><strong>------------------------------------------------------------------</strong></p><p>Elom can't make sense of love. It's like a language he can't speak, though he's heard the words before.</p><p>He wants to feel understood - by his well-meaning yet misapprehending family, his self-assured partner Ben, and his boisterous friends - but he never knows the right thing to say.</p><p>How can you know yourself, in a world that's constantly changing?</p><p>Set across Ghana and Scotland, this is an intimate portrait of one man's search for belonging, a family's attempt to love, and the choices that make a life.</p><p><strong>------------------------------------------------------------------</strong></p><p><strong>GLOWING READER REVIEWS</strong></p><p><strong>'Fiamanya's writing is just gorgeous - it's tender, it's unflinching, and it's totally immersive'</strong></p><p><strong>'This is one of the best books I've read this year, and I truly hope more people discover it'</strong></p><p><strong>'All in all this was an absolutely stunning debut novel, I cannot wait to read more of Fiamanya's work in the future'</strong></p><p><strong>'Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, this took my breath away. Wow, what a gorgeous novel. I can't recommend this enough'</strong></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780008509576

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

215 x 131 x 30 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publ. UK