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Tiny Sunbirds Far Away

By: Christie Watson
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
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Winner of the Costa first novel award.

'Everything changed after Mama found Father lying on top of another woman.'

Blessing and her brother Ezikiel adore their larger-than-life father, their glamorous mother and their comfortable life in Lagos. But all that changes when their father leaves them for another woman. Their mother is fired from her job at the Royal Imperial Hotel - only married women can work there - and soon they have to quit their air-conditioned apartment to go and live with their grandparents in a compound in the Niger Delta.

Adapting to life with a poor countryside family is a shock beyond measure after their privileged upbringing in Lagos. Told in Blessing's own beguiling voice, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away shows how some families can survive almost anything. At times hilarious, always poignant, occasionally tragic, it is peopled with characters you will never forget.

©2011 Christie Watson (P)2012 Quercus Publishing Plc Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction Africa Witty

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"This is not a bleak book: there is humour and love, especially in the growing relationship between Blessing and her grandmother, a traditional midwife. Absorbing and passionate." (The Guardian)
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A wonderful "storyful" book with possibly the best narrator I've heard for years. Equally as good for a long trip binge or to listen to in short bursts.

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A fabulous narrative addressing many third world social issues told from the point of view of a child maturing to adulthood.
I thoroughly enjoyed the skilled narration.

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