HarperCollins Publishers Go Home Birdie Brown

Birdie has come too far to go quietly A powerful and emotional novel inspired by the Windrush Scandal. This is a story about being told you dont belong. This is a story about knowing you do. This is a story about Birdie. Birdie Browns life is held together by family her sharp-witted daughter Carmen, her son Scott who no one mentions, and five grandkids who keep her on her toes. Retirement is bingo nights, babysitting, and TV with her granddaughter Saffie until a letter from the Home Office arrives. It says shes here illegally. That she must return to Jamaica a country she hasnt seen since childhood. As the system threatens to erase her, Birdie must confront buried truths and fractured ties. Can she hold on to the life she built and the family that built her? 'A self-assured debut A wonderful story of family, community, and the importance of recognising people instead of categories.' Louise Hare author of This Lovely City Autorid: Laura Blake