The Book Of Echoes

<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHOR'S CLUB FIRST NOVEL AWARD </b><b>THE RSL CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE </b><b>and THE HWA DEBUT CROWN AWARD</b><br><br><b>'A new classic' </b>SARA COLLINS author of <i>THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON</i><br><b>'Impassioned</b>. <b>Lyrical and affecting' </b><i>GUARDIAN</i><br><i>_____________</i><br><br>Brixton 1981. Sixteen-year-old Michael is already on the wrong side of the law. In in his community where job opportunities are low and drug-running is high this is nothing new. <br><br>But when Michael falls for Ngozi a vibrant young immigrant from the Nigerian village of Obowi their startling connection runs far deeper than they realise.<br><br>Narrated by the spirit of an African woman who lost her life on a slave ship two centuries earlier her powerful story reveals how Michael and Ngozi's struggle for happiness began many lifetimes ago.<br><br>Through haunting lyrical words one unforgettable message resonates: love hope and unity will heal us all.<br><i>_____________</i><br><br><b>'A searing rhapsodic novel. Filled with beauty devastation and the power of ancestral connections that ripple through the ages' </b>IRENOSEN OKOJIE author of NUDIBRANCH<br><br>'<b>A gorgeous book'</b> ALEX WHEATLE author of <i>BRIXTON ROCK</i><br><i>_____________</i><br><br><b>Readers <i>love</i> THE BOOK OF ECHOES:<br></b><br>'A powerful and honest debut which is going to stay with me for a long time' *****<br><br>'You can feel Amaka's passion rising off the page' *****<br><br>'BRILLIANT thoughtful and masterfully crafted' *****<br><br>'Oh my goodness the book itself is even more beautiful and haunting than the cover' *****</p>