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Narrated by:
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Adjoa Andoh
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By:
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Michael Donkor
About this listen
One of the Observer’s New Faces of Fiction 2018.
Moving between Ghana and London, Hold is an intimate, moving, powerful coming-of-age novel. It’s a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness, of learning what we should cling to and when we need to let go.
Belinda knows how to follow the rules. As a housegirl, she has learnt the right way to polish water glasses, to wash and fold a hundred handkerchiefs and to keep a tight lid on memories of the village she left behind when she came to Kumasi.
Mary is still learning the rules. Eleven years old and irrepressible, the young housegirl-in-training is the little sister Belinda never had.
Amma has had enough of the rules. A straight-A pupil at her exclusive South London school, she has always been the pride of her Ghanaian parents. Until now. Watching their once-confident teenager grow sullen and wayward, they decide that sensible Belinda might be just the shining example Amma needs.
So Belinda is summoned from Ghana to London and must leave Mary to befriend a troubled girl who shows no desire for her friendship. She encounters a city as bewildering as it is thrilling and tries to impose order on her unsettling new world.
As the Brixton summer turns to autumn, Belinda and Amma are surprised to discover the beginnings of an unexpected kinship. But when the cracks in their defences open up, the secrets they have both been holding tightly threaten to seep out.
©2018 Michael Donkor (P)2018 HarperCollins PublishersCritic reviews
"An arresting and textured novel...He has a gift for succinct, piercing description." (Observer)
"Moving and funny, a big-hearted book that will stay with you." (Guardian, Best Fiction for 2018)
And Adjoa! what can I say? I am spoilt forever. I now seek books that she narrates. Fantastic! Her accents are amazing!
Before this I listened to A Respectable Trade where Adjoa does wonders like always. Before that Americana and my goodness!!!..... list goes on👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Simply fantastic!
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Didn't love the performance but lovely story
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Shines in its dialogue and exploration of emotions
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The first few chapters, Set in Ghana was great. Once the character moved to London the story started to get boring. I couldn't continue.
Yet to get sucked in, So it's a NO from me.
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