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‘It broke my heart’ Louise O’Neill ‘Hard-hitting’ The Times ‘Powerful and bittersweet’ Daily Mail ‘Beat[s] Normal People at its own game’ Harper’s Bazaar ______________________________________________________________Efe and Sam have been best friends since before they were married. To an outside eye, they have a relationship most can only dream of.But behind closed doors, Sam wants to start a family, while Efe longs for a life free of responsibility.When an unplanned pregnancy forces Efe into a stark choice, she has to decide which is more important – her love for her family, or the life she wanted for herself.______________________________________________________________‘An open and honest exploration of the rediscovery of love, motherhood, and the choices we make and sacrifice’GAL-DEM‘Highly relatable… your heart will miss a beat’HUFFPOST UK

‘It broke my heart’ Louise O’Neill ‘Hard-hitting’ The Timess ‘Powerful and bittersweet’ Daily Mail ‘Beat[s] Normal People at its own game’ Harper’s Bazaar ______________________________________________________________Efe and Sam have been best friends since before they were married. To an outside eye, they have a relationship most can only dream of.But behind closed doors, Sam wants to start a family, while Efe longs for a life free of responsibility.When an unplanned pregnancy forces Efe into a stark choice, she has to decide which is more important – her love for her family, or the life she wanted for herself.______________________________________________________________‘An open and honest exploration of the rediscovery of love, motherhood, and the choices we make and sacrifice’GAL-DEM‘Highly relatable… your heart will miss a beat’HUFFPOST UK

There are two sides to every love story…One of ‘the best books to look forward to in 2023’COSMOPOLITAN‘A poignant debut which marks Krystle Zara Appiah out as one of Britain’s best new young writers’HARPER’S BAZAAR______________________________________________________________Efe and Sam have been best friends since before they were married. To an outside eye, they have a relationship most can only dream of.But behind closed doors, Sam wants to start a family, while Efe longs for a life free of responsibility.When an unplanned pregnancy forces Efe into a stark choice, she has to decide which is more important – her love for her family, or the life she wanted for herself.______________________________________________________________‘An open and honest exploration of the rediscovery of love, motherhood, and the choices we make and sacrifice’ GAL-DEM‘Highly relatable… your heart will miss a beat’HUFFPOST UK

No one can hurt you like a sister Growing up in 1970s Ghana, Evelyn and Maggie are two sides of the same coin. While reliable Evelyn is entrusted to support her struggling family, Maggie skips class to flirt with boys. Despite their differences, they’ve made a promise: one day they will escape to America, and start a new life together.Evelyn’s prospects transform when she marries Gus, a wealthy surgeon who already lives in New York, and quickly falls pregnant. Meanwhile, Maggie sees her prospects vanish when she realises she is also expecting, but without the crucial detail of a husband.When a terrible accident causes Evelyn to lose her unborn child, the answer seems simple, and Evelyn takes her sister’s unwanted baby to the States to raise as her own. But such an act has untold consequences for both sisters, and when one of them changes their mind, an impossible decision awaits.An emotional gut-punch of a novel, Half Lives is about the enduring power of love, and what it can withstand before it breaks.

No one can hurt you like a sister Growing up in 1970s Ghana, Evelyn and Maggie are two sides of the same coin. While reliable Evelyn is entrusted to support her struggling family, Maggie skips class to flirt with boys. Despite their differences, they’ve made a promise: one day they will escape to America, and start a new life together.Evelyn’s prospects transform when she marries Gus, a wealthy surgeon who already lives in New York, and quickly falls pregnant. Meanwhile, Maggie sees her prospects vanish when she realises she is also expecting, but without the crucial detail of a husband.When a terrible accident causes Evelyn to lose her unborn child, the answer seems simple, and Evelyn takes her sister’s unwanted baby to the States to raise as her own. But such an act has untold consequences for both sisters, and when one of them changes their mind, an impossible decision awaits.An emotional gut-punch of a novel, Half Lives is about the enduring power of love, and what it can withstand before it breaks.

No one can hurt you like a sister Growing up in 1970s Ghana, Evelyn and Maggie are two sides of the same coin. While reliable Evelyn is entrusted to support her struggling family, Maggie skips class to flirt with boys. Despite their differences, they’ve made a promise: one day they will escape to America, and start a new life together.Evelyn’s prospects transform when she marries Gus, a wealthy surgeon who already lives in New York, and quickly falls pregnant. Meanwhile, Maggie sees her prospects vanish when she realises she is also expecting, but without the crucial detail of a husband.When a terrible accident causes Evelyn to lose her unborn child, the answer seems simple, and Evelyn takes her sister’s unwanted baby to the States to raise as her own. But such an act has untold consequences for both sisters, and when one of them changes their mind, an impossible decision awaits.An emotional gut-punch of a novel, Half Lives is about the enduring power of love, and what it can withstand before it breaks.

There are two sides to every love story…‘Both tender and powerful; almost unbearably moving. It broke my heart’ Louise O’Neill‘Brave, insightful and heart-breaking’ Rachel Edwards‘Beautiful and gripping… unforgettable’ Emilia Hart, author of Weyward––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Teenagers Efe and Sam first meet in London in the 1990s.Years later the best friends are married. Their love story couldn’t seem more perfect.But Sam wants to start a family.Efe wants to be free from children to focus on her dreams.When an unplanned pregnancy forces them to confront their differences,Efe and Sam must discover if what they really want is still each other…A poignant, heart-breaking debut about a British-Ghanaian marriage in crisis, Rootless is a story of friendship, family, societal obligation and motherhood. But above all, it’s a story of love.