A Million Aunties by Alecia McKenzie

An emotional, feel-good novel about friendship, community, and family.

'An elegantly written and emotionally engrossing work of fiction.' Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, OtherAn emotional, tender, and funny novel from award-winning author Alecia McKenzie that asks, what does family mean to you? Seeking solitude after a personal tragedy upends his world, artist Chris travels to his mother's homeland, Jamaica, in a bid to find peace. He expects to spend his time painting alone, coming to terms with his loss and the fractured relationship with his father. Instead, he discovers a new extended and complicated 'family' with their own startling stories.

Can they help him to become whole again? Told from different points of view, this is an utterly compelling and deeply relatable novel from the winner of two Commonwealth literary prizes. Fans of Girl, Woman, Other, and The Vanishing Half will love this book about friendship, community, chosen family, and healing after trauma.

Details

• Format:Hardback 208 pages
• Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
• Imprint:Dialogue Books
• ISBN:9780349702537
• Published:24 Feb 2022
• Classifications:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
• Readership:General (US: Trade)
• Weight:334g
• Dimensions:144 x 224 x 24 (mm)
• Pub. Country:United Kingdom
• Country of Origin:GB
• Tariff Codes:49019900
• For sale in: United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Germany, France