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The Book Of Echoes

An astonishing debut. 'Impassioned. Lyrical and affecting' GUARDIAN

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The Book Of Echoes

By: Rosanna Amaka
Narrated by: Weruche Opia
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Brought to you by Penguin.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN AWARD

As featured on Graham Norton's Book Club

Narrated by the soul of an enslaved African woman, this is a searing debut novel about hope, redemption and the scars of history

Over two hundred years ago in Africa, a woman tosses her young son to safety as she is hauled away by slavers. After a brutal sea passage, her second child, a baby girl, is snatched away. Although the woman doesn't know it yet, her spirit is destined to roam the earth in search of her lost children.

Her spirit will make its way to modern-day England, where she watches teenage Michael trying to stay out of trouble as riots spit and boil on the streets of Brixton, and to a sun-baked village in Nigeria, where Ngozi struggles to escape her low-caste status.

As the invisible threads that draw these two lives together are pulled ever tighter, The Book of Echoes asks: how can we overcome the traumas of the past when they are woven so inextricably with the present? Humming with horror and beauty, Rosanna Amaka's remarkable debut marks her as a vibrant new voice in fiction.

'A searing, rhapsodic novel' IRENOSEN OKOJIE

© Rosanna Amaka 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

 African American City Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Urban World Literature Africa Emotionally Gripping Inspiring
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Critic reviews

BEST NEW FICTION: A beautifully written testament to oppression that reverberates across the centuries.
Searing and rhapsodic. Filled with beauty, devastation and the power of ancestral connections that ripple through the ages
Bewitching. I almost felt like I time-travelled back into Brixton 1981. A gorgeous book - totally recommended.
An absorbing debut
Impassioned. Lyrical and affecting
Powerfully redemptive
Fierce and poignant
BEST BOOKS for FEBRUARY
Powerful, impassioned, thought-provoking
A beautiful rich story that shows how hope can get people through the worst of times
All stars
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First book club read of the year & can tell this is going to be up there with my favourites of the year! it's brilliant.

absolutely brilliant

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Really Interesting read this book revealed insights to some realities of everyday life in parts of UK, Nigeria, some of which continue to this day in UK, Nigeria and indeed other parts of the world.

These Injustice and atrocities occur on a regular.
I found this book educational on some Igbo cultures and tradition.

Wow ! Great concept Echos

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Took me a little while to get into it, but the story is great. I couldn’t wait to hear what happened next. Interesting and informative stories woven throughout

Really good.

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I absolutely love the narrator. She really brought the story alive. The story itself is beautiful. I really recommend it!

Beautiful story

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Beautifully written and performed. What feels like a genuine insight into black lives in the 70s-90s London and lives in Jamaica and Nigeria.
Well worth a written! Characters you can’t help but root for and what the best outcome for.

A beautiful story across timelines.

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