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Evening Standard’s Wander List Guide to 2019 Getaways

“A beautiful, brilliant modern classic.” Sabrina Mahfouz, Guardian, Best Summer Books 2018

Neha has just been diagnosed with the same terminal cancer that killed her mother. Was this her destiny? She codes a computer program to find out, one that intricately maps out her entire life and the lives of those closest to her: her dad, who left Kenya for windblown northern England; her brother, a struggling comedian whose star is finally beginning to rise; her grandmother, who lost the man she loved to racist violence. By understanding the past, Neha hopes to come to terms with her present – and reckon with her family’s and her country’s future.

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Funny and profound * Guardian * This is an epic tale... but it always feels intimate * Stylist * A beautiful, brilliant modern classic. * Sabrina Mahfouz, Guardian best summer reads 2018 * Be utterly transported by this wonderfully written tale of family, immigration and family bonds. * Emerald Street * The novel captures the changing faces of racism with memorable vividness. * Sunday Times * A beautifully written and thought-provoking piece of work, which balances humour, anger and melancholy in a way that is charming and utterly engrossing. * The List * Written with such vitality that it lives beyond its ending. * i Magazine * Very funny but packs a hell of an emotional punch. It's an intimate epic, spanning continents and decades but rooted in the internal life of its characters. * Nish Kumar, stand-up comedian and actor * A funny, moving novel about what we inherit and what we create for ourselves. * Sunday Times, Best Summer Reads 2018 * Intelligent, devastating and gorgeously entertaining, this is a novel that expresses its anger with just the right level of fun. * Financial Times * A wise and moving novel about family, love and the people we're destined to be. * Stylist, 'April's best new books' * Fascinating, funny and thoughtful. * Bernardine Evaristo, Observer * Funny, profound and by far Shukla's most ambitious novel to date. * Alfred Hickling, Guardian * I loved it. It's wise and absorbing and the voices of all the characters are so incredibly distinct. A triumph. * Louise O'Neill, author of 'Almost Love and Asking For It' *