Castles from Cobwebs
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Accra
adolescence
adoption
Africa
african
Author_J.A. Mensah
Black British Writing
black Madonna
Black women
Category=FBA
Category=FW
coming of age stories
convent
desmond elliott prize
diaspora
displacement
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faith
finding yourself
Ghana
ghosts
Holy Island
identity
magical realism
motherhood
Northumberland
nuns
orphan
post-colonial
race
racial discrimination
rites of passage
spiritual
women's stories
women’s stories
Product details
- ISBN 9781912235766
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 18 Feb 2021
- Publisher: Saraband
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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'I'd always known that I was Brown. Black was different though; it came announced. Black came with expectations, of rhythm and other things that might trip me up.' Imani is a foundling. Rescued as a baby and raised by nuns on a remote Northumbrian island, she grows up with an ever-increasing feeling of displacement. Full of questions, Imani turns to her shadow, Amarie, and her friend, Harold. When Harold can't find the answers, she puts it down to what the nuns call her "greater purpose". At nineteen, Imani answers a phone call that will change her life: she is being called to Accra after the sudden death of her biological mother. Past, present, faith and reality are spun together in this enthralling debut. Following her transition from innocence to understanding, Imani's experience illuminates the stories we all tell to make ourselves whole.
J.A. Mensah is a writer of prose and theatre. Her plays have focused on human rights narratives and the testimonies of survivors. Her short stories appear in collections published by Comma Press and Dead Ink, among others. Castles from Cobwebs, her first novel, won the inaugural NorthBound Book Award.
