Published: Penguin, 2021 Genre: Fiction Themes: Ugandan Asians, family business, family dynasty My rating (out of 5): ❤❤❤❤❤ This made me consider how much our lives can be influenced by those who came before us. Decisions made by parents and grandparents can influence where we live; our moral boundaries; and how we view, and inwardly judge, others. Even if we decide to do everything differently, there are times in our lives where we feel the pull of the family compass and all we want to do is to return to a familiar path. This is a debut novel and I struggle to understand how anyone can write so well at such a young age. Hafsa Zayyan must be under 30 as this book won the Merky Book Prize and that is only open to people aged 16 - 30. Apparently she wrote the whole thing in 6 months while continuing to work as a dispute resolution lawyer, and she is writing convincingly about a totally different culture to her own. The book is set in the present and follows Sameer ...