Go Home Birdie Brown
Birdie has come too far to go quietly …
A powerful and emotional novel inspired by the Windrush Scandal.
This is a story about being told you don’t belong. This is a story about knowing you do.
This is a story about Birdie.
Birdie Brown’s life is held together by family ― her sharp-witted daughter Carmen, her son Scott who no one mentions, and five grandkids who keep her on her toes. Retirement is bingo nights, babysitting, and TV with her granddaughter Saffie ― until a letter from the Home Office arrives.
It says she’s here illegally. That she must return to Jamaica ― a country she hasn’t seen since childhood.
As the system threatens to erase her, Birdie must confront buried truths and fractured ties. Can she hold on to the life she built ― and the family that built her?
'A self-assured debut …A wonderful story of family, community, and the importance of recognising people instead of categories.' Louise Hare author of This Lovely City
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Go Home Birdie Brown
Go Home Birdie Brown
Birdie has come too far to go quietly …
A powerful and emotional novel inspired by the Windrush Scandal.
This is a story about being told you don’t belong. This is a story about knowing you do.
This is a story about Birdie.
Birdie Brown’s life is held together by family ― her sharp-witted daughter Carmen, her son Scott who no one mentions, and five grandkids who keep her on her toes. Retirement is bingo nights, babysitting, and TV with her granddaughter Saffie ― until a letter from the Home Office arrives.
It says she’s here illegally. That she must return to Jamaica ― a country she hasn’t seen since childhood.
As the system threatens to erase her, Birdie must confront buried truths and fractured ties. Can she hold on to the life she built ― and the family that built her?
'A self-assured debut …A wonderful story of family, community, and the importance of recognising people instead of categories.' Louise Hare author of This Lovely City
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Birdie has come too far to go quietly …
A powerful and emotional novel inspired by the Windrush Scandal.
This is a story about being told you don’t belong. This is a story about knowing you do.
This is a story about Birdie.
Birdie Brown’s life is held together by family ― her sharp-witted daughter Carmen, her son Scott who no one mentions, and five grandkids who keep her on her toes. Retirement is bingo nights, babysitting, and TV with her granddaughter Saffie ― until a letter from the Home Office arrives.
It says she’s here illegally. That she must return to Jamaica ― a country she hasn’t seen since childhood.
As the system threatens to erase her, Birdie must confront buried truths and fractured ties. Can she hold on to the life she built ― and the family that built her?
