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Homecoming

Luan Goldie

Homecoming

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April 15, 2021
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This emotionally charged story highlights the complexities of love, grief and forgiveness . . . Homecoming will have you racing to join the dots from start to finish
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Synopsis

For years Yvonne has tried to keep her demons buried and focus on moving forward. But her guilt is always with her and weighs heavily on her heart.

Kiama has had to grow up without a mother, and while there is so much he remembers about her, there is still plenty he doesn't know. And there's only one person who can fill in the gaps.

Lewis wants nothing more than to keep Kiama, his son, safe, but the thought of Kiama dredging up the past worries Lewis deeply. And Lewis doesn’t know if he’s ready to let the only woman he's ever loved back into his life.

When Kiama seeks Yvonne out and asks her to come with him to Kenya, the place that holds the answers to his questions, she knows she can't refuse. And this one act sets in motion an unravelling of the past that no one is ready for.

Moving between London and Kenya, and spanning almost two decades, Homecoming is a profound story of love, family and friendship. It’s about coming to terms with your past, and about what happens when we finally share our truths.

Product Information

Number of pages
416
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
#ISBN
Number of pages
9780008314668
Date of Publication
April 15, 2021
Format
Paperback
Weight
294
g
Dimensions
12.9
x
19.8
x
2.8
cm

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Reviews

A beautiful novel. It was a real pleasure to read
Jing-Jing Lee, author of How We Disappeared
Every character in the novel is observed with such incisive precision that they all feel entirely real to me now … Masterfully written
Beth O’Leary, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flatshare

About the author

Luan Goldie

Luan Goldie is a teacher, novelist and short story writer from East London.

She is the author of These Streets and Homecoming. Her debut novel, Nightingale Point, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the RSL Ondaatje Prize.

Her short stories have appeared in HELLO! Magazine, Stylist and the Sunday Express. In 2018 she won the Costa Short Story Award and has been shortlisted for the London Short Story Prize and the Grazia/Orange First Chapter competition.

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