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Penguin My Fathers' Daughter Pool Hannah-Azieb

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A powerful, intimate memoir of Eritrean-British journalist, Hannah Azieb-Pool, who returns to Eritrea at the age of 30 to meet her family for the first time • 'What a story. So vivid, honest and moving' Andrea Levy, author of Small Island • 'When I stepped off the plane in Asmara, I had no idea what lay ahead, or how those events would change me . . .' • In her twenties, Hannah-Azieb Pool is given a letter that unravels everything she knows about her life. She knew she was adopted from an orphanage in Eritrea, and as her adoptive family brought her to the UK, they believed she did not have any surviving relatives • When she discovers the truth in a letter from her brother - that her birth father is alive and her Eritrean family are desperate to meet her - she is faced with a critical choice подробнее
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