By the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature
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A searing tale of a young woman re-discovering her troubled family
history and finding herself in the process.**
In post-World War II England, 17-year-old Dottie Badoura Fatma Balfour
knows nothing of her family origins, and little of their history - or
the abuse her ancestors suffered as they made their home in Britain. But
Dottie knows what her family means to her, and in the wake of her
mother's death, she's determined to keep the family together. She takes
responsibility for her younger siblings, Sophie and Hudson.
But as Sophie drifts from man to man, and the confused Hudson is
absorbed into a world of crime, Dottie is forced to consider her own
needs. Feeling rootless in England, she seeks a space for herself and an
identity through books and begins to clear a path through life.
Gradually, Dottie gathers the confidence to take risks, to forge
friendships and to challenge the labels that have been forced upon her.
For readers of Jhumpa Lahiri and Zadie Smith, Dottie is a deeply
compassionate portrait of a second generation immigrant, a masterful
examination of poverty and racism, and a psychologically nuanced story
of family and survival.