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An outstanding debut CHERIE JONES author of How the OneArmed Sister Sweeps her House
Vivid and authentic LEONE ROSS author of This One Sky Day
Cacophonic alive and heartbreaking KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE author of The Mercies
A gripping pageturner CAMILLE HERNNDEZRAMDWAR author of Suite as Sugar and Other Stories
As featured on BBCs Cultural Frontline podcast
At eighteen years old Dinah gave away her baby son to the rich couple she worked for before they left Jamaica They never returned She never forgot him
Eighteen years later a young man comes from the US to Kingston From the moment she sees him Dinah never doubts this is her son
What happens next will make everyone question what they know and where they belong
A powerful story of belonging identity and inheritance What a Mothers Love Dont Teach You brings together a blazing chorus of voices to evoke Jamaicas ghetto dance halls criminal underworld and corrupt politics at the beating heart of which is a mothers unshakeable love for her son
Delicate but gutwrenching JOSIE DARBY broadcaster
Irresistible CURDELLA FORBES author of A Tall History of Sugar
Arresting LISA ALLENAGOSTINI author of The Bread the Devil Knead
Wonderful JACOB ROSS author of The Bone Readers
Exciting YEWANDE OMOTOSO author of An Unusual Grief
Thrilling CELESTE MOHAMMED author of Pleasantview
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