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- ISBN 9780008775865
- Weight: 600g
- Dimensions: 159 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 18 Jun 2026
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Birdie Brown’s life is held together by family — her sharp-witted daughter Carmen, her son Scott who no one mentions, and five grandkids who keep her on her toes. Retirement is bingo nights, babysitting, and TV with her granddaughter Saffie — until a letter from the Home Office arrives.
It says she’s here illegally. That she must return to Jamaica — a country she hasn’t seen since childhood.
As the system threatens to erase her, Birdie must confront buried truths and fractured ties. Can she hold on to the life she built — and the family that built her?
'A self-assured debut …A wonderful story of family, community, and the importance of recognising people instead of categories.' Louise Hare author of This Lovely CityLaura Blake is a Birmingham-based writer and editor of British and Jamaican heritage, and her 2021 short story, ‘Home is not Here’, which provided the foundation for Homebird, was shortlisted for the 4th Estate and Guardian 4th Write Short Story Prize.
