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ISBN: 9780063080591

Content: " One of the year's most anticipated by Marie Claire, Essence, Debutiful, &,GoodreadsA brilliant debut by a British-Nigerian author8212 a heartfelt family drama that will delight book club readers and fans of books like The Girl with the Louding Voice and Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows.Jendella Benson has drawn such a compelling world. The book and the characters stayed with me long after I'd turned the final pages!8212 Candice Carty-Williams, bestselling author of Queenie Glory Akindele returns to London from her seemingly glamorous life in LA to mourn the sudden death of her father, only to find her previously close family has fallen apart in her absence. Her brother, Victor, is in jail and won't speak to her because she didn't come home for his trial. Her older sister, Faith, once a busy career woman, appears to have lost her independence and ambition, and is instead channeling her energies into holding together a perfect suburban family. Worst of all, their mother, Celeste, is headed toward a breakdown after the death of her husband and the shame of her son's incarceration. Rather than returning to America, Glory decides to stay and try to bring them all together again. It's a tall order given that Glory's life isn't exactly working out according to plan either, and she's acutely aware that she's not so sure who she is and what she wants. A chance reunion with a man she'd known in her teens8212 the perceptive but elusive Julian8212 gives her the courage to start questioning why her respectable but obsessively private Nigerian immigrant family is the way it is. But then Glory's questioning unearths a massive secret that shatters the family's fragile peace8212 and she risks losing everyone she deeply cares about in her pursuit of the truth and a reunited family. Filled with unexpected, but earned, twists, Hope and Glory balances moments of rich humor and devastating profundity...deeply authentic.8212 Kirkus ReviewsA sumptuous and satisfying meditation on family and the meaning of home.8212 Publishers Weekly "

Content: Biographisches: " Jendella Benson is a TedX speaker and popular writer and editor for Black Ballad . Her work has appeared in The Guardian, and on BuzzFeed, MTV News UK, and The Huffington Post, among many others. She lives in London. " Rezension(2): "Candice Carty-Williams, bestselling author of QUEENIE:Jendella Benson has drawn such a compelling world that Hope and Glory. The book and the characters stayed with me long after I'd turned the final pages!" Rezension(3): "Bolu Babalola, author of LOVE IN COLOR:'A sweeping, rich tale that explores family, secrets, loss, love and redemption." Rezension(4): "Publishers Weekly: Benson expertly portrays the anguish, friction, and love of a family under immense strain while providing insights on the difficulties faced by immigrants. The result is a sumptuous and satisfying meditation on family and the meaning of home." Rezension(5): "Dorothy Koomson author of All My Lies Are True:Hope and Glory is a wonderful book. The novel explores grief, love, friendship, dreams lost, life interrupted. All the characters are flawed, loveable, maddening and so honest you feel like you know them,the plot is compelling and touching at the same time. Jendella Benson has created a story that is intricate, beautiful and so very real. I held my breath, gasped out loud and devoured every gorgeous page. Just brilliant." Rezension(6): "Chloe Ashby, author of Wet Paint:A compelling and compassionate book that's at once heartbreaking and hopeful. Jendella Benson paints a family portrait that's tender and messy and true." Rezension(7): "Chibundo Onuzo, author of Sankofa:I loved Hope and Glory so much. Family drama, family saga, crime, romance, humour, secrets, revelations and a story to keep you up late into the night. Reading this book was like eating a delicious bowl of soup with plenty assorted meat. Buy it, read it, pass it on.." Rezension(8): "Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, author of Yinka, Where is your Huzband?:Once I started reading, I couldn't stop! Jendella's writing is spellbinding, so beautiful. I felt every emotion on the page." Rezension(9): "Kirkus Reviews:Filled with unexpected, but earned, twists, Benson's novel balances moments of rich humor and devastating profundityBenson's greatest success is her ability to write characters and family dynamics that feel deeply authentic." Rezension(10): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: November 1, 2021 An editor and writer for Black Ballad , a UK-based lifestyle platform by and for Black women, British Nigerian author Benson offers a debut novel featuring Glory Akindele, who has returned home from Los Angeles to London upon her father's death to find her family in disarray. Her sister has lost all ambition,her brother is in jail, angry that Glory didn't come to his trial,and her mother is devastated by both her husband's death and her son's imprisonment. Then Glory learns a shocking secret about her family. With a 75,000-copy first printing. Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(11): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: February 21, 2022 A woman returns to her dysfunctional family and attempts to reintegrate into London’s British-Nigerian community in Benson’s moving debut. After Glory Ak237" Rezension(12): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: March 1, 2022 A young woman's homecoming sparks the unraveling of family secrets. When Glory Ak�nd�l�, a British Nigerian woman, learns of her father's death, she leaves sunny Los Angeles for good and returns to south London. While cleaning/snooping around her parents' bedroom, Glory finds the birth certificate of her twin sister, Hope, who died when they were children. Although Glory is unable to locate Hope's death certificate, she uncovers a previously unseen photograph of herself, Hope, and their older sister, Faith, as young children posing with an older White couple. Glory starts asking questions that her grieving mother is unwilling, or unable, to answer: The smudged memory of her sister's existence came into sharp relief as she looked at the little girl wearing the same powder-blue pinafore as the tiny version of herself. While Glory's face was a suspicious frown, holding the gaze of the camera lens at a careful distance, Hope's was open and invitingA wave of nauseating grief shook Glory and sent her to her knees. Glory is consumed by her desperation to find any information on Hope as well as by the sickening feeling that her father may not have been the man she believed he was. And if Glory's life wasn't complicated enough, throw in a new relationship, uncertainty about her future career, and lingering guilt about not having returned home sooner when her younger brother, now in jail, was arrested. Filled with unexpected, but earned, twists, Benson's novel balances moments of rich humor and devastating profundity. But Benson's greatest success is her ability to write characters and family dynamics that feel deeply authentic. A meditation on the sacrifices we make for love. COPYRIGHT(2022) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "

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