Aminatta Forna

Abie follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to a coffee plantation that now could be hers if she wants it....

A poignant story about friendship, betrayal, obsession and second chances – this novel is an immensely powerful portrayal of human resilience....

Waterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes....

London. A fox makes its way across Waterloo Bridge. The distraction causes two pedestrians to collide - Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes, and Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist there to deliver a keynote speech....

Praised as "a shining example of what autobiography can be: harrowing, illuminating and thoughtful"....

An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the postindependence period....

Beyond the boundaries of the town of Gost, Croatia, an old house which has lain empty for years is showing signs of life....

In this elegantly rendered and wide-ranging collection of new and previously published essays, Forna writes intimately about displacement, trauma, and memory, love, and how we coexist and encroach on the nonhuman world....