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Castles From Cobwebs : Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize by J. A. Mensah is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize, Castles from Cobwebsfollows one girl's transition from youthful innocence to understanding as she navigates questions about family, identity and race.'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.

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Author

J. A. Mensah

Publisher

Saraband / Contraband

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781912235773

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction