A vividly realised historical novel about three generations of an African family, and their experiences of slavery, which draws on the author's wider ancestral history.
Simi Bedford is the author of Yoruba Girl Dancing, an acclaimed novel based on the poignant and sometimes hilarious experiences of being sent from home in Nigeria as a young child to boarding school in an England that still had its empire. Educated at Durham University, she read Law before moving into the world of tv, radio and the media. She divides her times between Devon and London.
A brave, morally sophisticated epic
*Daily Telegraph*
Satisfying and traditional family saga...a total-immersion novel
that sweeps the reader across centuries and continents... Powerful
and gripping
*The Times*
Relentlessly honest... A brave and uncomfortable labour of love
*Spectator*
Meticulously researched...her novel captures the sound of Agogo
bells and talking drums, the golden colours of the court, the
ceremonial scents of indigo and camwood
*Independent*
Bedford admirably details African complicity in human
trafficking...powerfully driven
*Big Issue*
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