Praise

A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging… beautifully rendered — JESSICA ANDREWS

A deeply observant, perceptive writer — JOANNA CANNON

Evocative, layered and emotionally resonant… deserves to be on your reading list — GLAMOUR

Masterful… It will stay with you long after you finish it — JJ BOLA

Overview

Love was a tightrope between freedom and control. He didn’t know how others seemed to walk it with ease – Elom can’t make sense of love. It’s like a language he can’t speak, though he’s heard the words before.

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.

How can you know yourself, in a world that’s constantly changing?

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.

GLOWING READER REVIEWS

Fiamanya's writing is just gorgeous – it’s tender, it’s unflinching, and it’s totally immersive ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is one of the best books I’ve read this year, and I truly hope more people discover it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

All in all this was an absolutely stunning debut novel, I cannot wait to read more of Fiamanya's work in the future ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, this took my breath away. Wow, what a gorgeous novel. I can't recommend this enough ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️