u003cpu003eu003cbu003eBy the winner of the u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e2021 u003c/bu003eu003cbu003eNobel Prize in Literature u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eu003cbru003eA searing tale of a young woman re-discovering her troubled family history and finding herself in the process.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eIn post-World War II England, 17-year-old Dottie Badoura Fatma Balfour knows nothing of her family origins, and little of their history or the abuse her ancestors suffered as they made their home in Britain. But Dottie knows what her family means to her, and in the wake of her mother's death, she's determined to keep the family together. She takes responsibility for her younger siblings, Sophie and Hudson. u003cbru003eu003cbru003eBut as Sophie drifts from man to man, and the confused Hudson is absorbed into a world of crime, Dottie is forced to consider her own needs. Feeling rootless in England, she seeks a space for herself and an identity through books and begins to clear a path through life. Gradually, Dottie gathers the confidence to take risks, to forge friendships and to challenge the labels that have been forced upon her.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eFor readers of Jhumpa Lahiri and Zadie Smith, u003ciu003eDottie u003c/iu003eis a deeply compassionate portrait of a second generation immigrant, a masterful examination of poverty and racism, and a psychologically nuanced story of family and survival.u003c/pu003e