'[A] powerful book' Marilynne Robinson 'A book to be read and re-read' Jesmyn Ward 'Poetic and
fierce' Yiyun Li From the moment Ava Carson and her ten-year-old son Toussaint arrive at
the Glenn Avenue family shelter in Philadelphia in 1985 Ava is already plotting a way out.
Estranged from her own mother Dutchess and their home in Bonaparte Alabama Ava is
determined to give her son the chance of a better life. But when Toussaint's father Cass
reappears Ava is swept off course by his charisma and his bold vision for racial justice. As
Ava becomes more enmeshed with Cass and the radical group he has created Toussaint begins to
sense the danger and threat of violence simmering all around him. He begins to dream of
Dutchess and Bonaparte his home and birthright but can he find his way there? The Unsettled
is an explosive and vital story of belonging legacy and survival from one of America's most
talented storytellers. 'I can't remember when I read anything that moved me quite this way
besides the work of Toni Morrison' Oprah Winfrey on The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
