The Book Of Echoes

'A searing, rhapsodic novel. The Book of Echoes is filled with beauty, devastation and the power of ancestral connections that ripple through the ages' IRENOSEN OKOJIE

'So bewitching I almost felt like I time-travelled back into Brixton 1981. A gorgeous book – totally recommended.' ALEX WHEATLE

Narrated by the spirit of an enslaved African, this is a searing debut about hope, redemption and the scars of history.

Over two hundred years ago in Africa, a woman tosses her young son to safety as she is hauled off by slavers. After a brutal sea passage, her second child is snatched away. Although the woman doesn’t know it yet, her spirit is destined to roam the earth in search of her lost children.

It will make its way to 1980s Brixton, where she watches teenage Michael attempt to stay out of trouble as riots spit and boil onthe streets; and to a poor village in Nigeria, where Ngozi struggles to better her life..

As the invisible threads that draw these two together are pulled ever tighter, The Book of Echoes asks: how can we overcome the traumas of the past when they are woven so inextricably with the present? Humming with horror and beauty, Rosanna Amaka’s remarkable debut marks her as a vibrant new voice in fiction.

Readers’ praise for THE BOOK OF ECHOES:

‘A powerful and honest debut which is going to stay with me for a long time’ ****

‘You can feel Amaka’s passion rising off the page’ ****

‘Brilliant, thoughtful and masterfully crafted’ *****

‘Deeply affecting and beautifully written’ *****

‘Amaka weaves threads of stories over generations and continents with ease and polish’ *****

‘An exquisitely beautiful piece of writing’ *****

‘Oh my goodness, the book itself is even more beautiful and haunting than the cover’ *****