Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Praise for When We Were Birds
This magical tale of a Trinidadian gravedigger searching for a father he never met proves we should believe the hype
Stella, Sunday Telegraph
Luminous, gripping, packed with drama, colour and tension... A thoroughly original and emotionally rich examination of love, grief and inheritance... Like the vultures which escort dead souls to the afterlife, Ay ...
Economist
Tender and lonely and powerful... A love letter to Trinidad [and] a vivid debut about romance and loss in the Caribbean... It also centres another kind of love: the complexity of mothering and its beau ...
Guardian
This magical tale of a Trinidadian gravedigger searching for a father he never met proves we should believe the hype
Stella, Sunday Telegraph
Luminous, gripping, packed with drama, colour and tension... A thoroughly original and emotionally rich examination of love, grief and inheritance... Like the vultures which escort dead souls to the afterlife, Ay ...
Economist
Tender and lonely and powerful... A love letter to Trinidad [and] a vivid debut about romance and loss in the Caribbean... It also centres another kind of love: the complexity of mothering and its beau ...
Guardian
This magical tale of a Trinidadian gravedigger searching for a father he never met proves we should believe the hype
Stella, Sunday Telegraph
Luminous, gripping, packed with drama, colour and tension... A thoroughly original and emotionally rich examination of love, grief and inheritance... Like the vultures which escort dead souls to the afterlife, Ay ...
Economist
Tender and lonely and powerful... A love letter to Trinidad [and] a vivid debut about romance and loss in the Caribbean... It also centres another kind of love: the complexity of mothering and its beau ...
Guardian