Tiny Sunbirds Far Away Tiny Sunbirds Far Away

Tiny Sunbirds Far Away

From the author of The Courage to Care and The Language of Kindness, winner of Costa First Novel Award

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Publisher Description

WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD, BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS AND THE COURAGE TO CARE

'Everything changed after Mama found Father lying on top of another woman.'

Blessing and her brother Ezikiel adore their larger-than-life father, their glamorous mother and their comfortable life in Lagos. But all that changes when their father leaves them for another woman. Their mother is fired from her job at the Royal Imperial Hotel - only married women can work there - and soon they have to quit their air-conditioned apartment to go and live with their grandparents in a compound in the Niger Delta.

Adapting to life with a poor countryside family is a shock beyond measure after their privileged upbringing in Lagos. Told in Blessing's own beguiling voice, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away shows how some families can survive almost anything. At times hilarious, always poignant, occasionally tragic, it is peopled with characters you will never forget.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2011
3 March
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
432
Pages
PUBLISHER
Quercus
SELLER
Hachette Australia Pty Ltd
SIZE
6.8
MB

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