This Motherless Land -- Nikki May

<p><strong>From the acclaimed author of <em>Wahala, </em>a "vibrant" (Charmaine Wilkerson) decolonial retelling of <em>Mansfield Park, </em>exploring identity, culture, race, and love.</strong></p><p>Quiet <strong>Funke</strong> is happy in Nigeria. She loves her art teacher mother, her professor father, and even her annoying little brother (most of the time). But when tragedy strikes, she's sent to England, a place she knows only from her mother's stories. To her dismay, she finds the much-lauded estate dilapidated, the food tasteless, the weather grey. Worse still, her mother's family are cold and distant. With one exception: her cousin Liv.</p><p>Free-spirited <strong>Liv</strong> has always wanted to break free of her joyless family. She becomes fiercely protective of her little cousin, and her warmth and kindness give Funke a place to heal. The two girls grow into adulthood the closest of friends.</p><p>But the choices their mothers made haunt Funke and Liv and when a second tragedy occurs their friendship is torn apart. Against the long shadow of their shared family history, each woman will struggle to chart a path forward, separated by country, misunderstanding, and ambition.</p><p>Moving between Somerset and Lagos over the course of two decades, <em>This Motherless Land </em>is a sweeping examination of identity, culture, race, and love that asks how we find belonging and whether a family's generational wrongs can be righted.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Nikki May<br><b