EAN: 9780241996065

MY FATHERS DAUGHTER - HANNAH AZIEB POOL KARTONI...

A powerful  intimate memoir of Eritrean-British journalist  Hannah Azieb-Pool  who returns to
Eritrea at the age of 30 to meet her family for the first time. What a story. So vivid  honest
and moving' Andrea Levy  author of Small Island'When I stepped off the plane in Asmara  I had
no idea what lay ahead  or how those events would change me . . .'In her twenties  Hannah-Azieb
Pool is given a letter that unravels everything she knows about her life. She knew she was
adopted from an orphanage in Eritrea  and as her adoptive family brought her to the UK  they
believed she did not have any surviving relatives. When she discovers the truth in a letter
from her brother - that her birth father is alive and her Eritrean family are desperate to meet
her - she is faced with a critical choice. Should she go?In this intimate memoir  she takes us
with her on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery  as she travels to Eritrea to uncover
her own story. With radiant warmth  courage and wisdom  Hannah-Azieb disentangles the charged
concepts of identity  family and home. Featuring a new introduction from Bernardine Evaristo
and an updated afterword from the author  this is a timeless  essential read. 'Remarkable'
ObserverSelected by Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo  this series rediscovers
and celebrates pioneering books from black Britain and the diaspora  which remap the nation and
reframe our history.

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