Akwaeke Emezi 2018 Freshwater (Faber and Faber)

A story of a snake spirit 16,000 years old, born into a body who lives in ways that only others such as she can understand. (226). The truth: ‘the child of Ala is not, and can never be, intended for your hands.’

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Sue Hall Pyke

Writer, dreamer, co-learner