First published 2024
Fi, a wildlife biologist, returns to her childhood home in the Okavango Delta of Botswana to care for her ailing mother. As she sifts through old family photographs and journals, Fi is drawn into a labyrinth of lies and betrayals that have haunted her family for decades. Confronting the ghosts of her past, Fi must reconcile her memories with the truth before it's too late. In this evocative novel, Alexandra Fuller weaves a poignant story of identity, belonging, and the power of family to both uplift and destroy.
Genres: literary-fiction, family-life, africa, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Botswana, Okavango Delta
Period: 21st-century
272 pages · Hardcover · Grove Press