{"product_id":"sankofa-hardcover-2","title":"Sankofa - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChibundu Onuzo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A beautiful exploration of the often complex parameters of freedom, prejudice, and individual sense of self. Chibundu Onuzo has written a captivating story about a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the West African father she never knew . . . [A] beautiful book about a woman brave enough to discover her true identity.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Reese Witherspoon \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Onuzo's sneakily breezy, highly entertaining novel leaves the reader rethinking familiar narratives of colonization, inheritance and liberation.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Month by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e - Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Month by \u003ci\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePureWow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, Minneapolis \u003ci\u003eStar-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA woman wondering who she really is goes in search of a father she never knew--only to find something far more complicated than she ever expected--in this \u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003estirring narrative about family, our capacity to change and the need to belong\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is. In her 40s, she has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her mother--the only parent who raised her--is dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSearching through her mother's belongings one day, Anna finds clues about the African father she never knew. His student diaries chronicle his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London. Anna discovers that he eventually became the president--some would say dictator--of a small nation in West Africa. And he is still alive... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Anna decides to track her father down, a journey begins that is disarmingly moving, funny, and fascinating. Like the metaphorical bird that gives the novel its name, \u003ci\u003eSankofa\u003c\/i\u003e expresses the importance of reaching back to knowledge gained in the past and bringing it into the present to address universal questions of race and belonging, the overseas experience for the African diaspora, and the search for a family's hidden roots. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining freedom, prejudice, and personal and public inheritance, \u003ci\u003eSankofa\u003c\/i\u003e is a story for anyone who has ever gone looking for a clear identity or home, and found something more complex in its place.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChibundu Onuzo\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Lagos, Nigeria and lives in London. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, \u003c\/i\u003e she is the winner of a Betty Trask Award, has been shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Commonwealth Book Prize, and the RSL Encore Award, and has been longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and Etisalat Literature Prize. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWelcome to Lagos\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSankofa\u003c\/i\u003e is her third novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 9.32 x 6.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47251280232697,"sku":"9781646220830","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OVRBS3AyMFFvZ00vTS9OVGw1bWxpdz09_ad6da8c5-6fb2-448b-ac4b-4864baf8aeae.webp?v=1768673469","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/sankofa-hardcover-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}