A sweeping story of colonialism and its aftershocks… Eze’s patient, elegant prose anticipates and doubles back on events to form a narrative that knits past to present… Eze succeeds marvelously in drawing the detailed inner lives of a community and its diaspora over decades.
—The New York Times Book ReviewA looping chronology that illustrates the inescapable ripples of national and family histories.
—The New Yorker
A stunning debut.
—People MagazineA memorable tale of a family’s complex lineage.
—Publishers Weekly