Daughter in Exile -- Bisi Adjapon, Hardcover
The acclaimed author of The Teller of Secrets returns with a gut-wrenching, yet heartwarming, story about a young Ghanaian woman's struggle to make a life in the US, and the challenges she must overcome.
Lola is twenty-one, and her life in Senegal couldn't be better. An aspiring writer and university graduate, she has a great job, a nice apartment, a vibrant social life, and a future filled with possibility. But fate disrupts her world when she falls for Armand, an American Marine stationed at the U.S. Embassy. Her mother, a high court judge in Ghana, disapproves of her choice, but nothing will stop Lola from boarding a plane for Armand and America.
That fateful flight is only the beginning of an extraordinary journey; she has traded her carefree existence in Senegal for the perilous position of an undocumented immigrant in 1990s America.
Lola encounters adversity that would crush a less-determined woman. Her fate hangs on whether or not she'll grow in courage to forge a different life from one she'd imagined, whether she'll succeed in putting herself and family together again. Daughter in Exile is a hope-filled story about mother love, resilience, and unyielding strength.
Author: Bisi Adjapon
Publisher: Harpervia
Published: 01/31/2023
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.70w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780063089020
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2022 pg. 2
Booklist 12/01/2022 pg. 105
Publishers Weekly 01/23/2023
Library Journal 02/01/2023 pg. 65