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Ghost Girl, Banana is a powerful debut novel about the family secrets unearthed by a surprise inheritance. Set between Hong Kong in the 1960s and London in the 1990s, and revealing the hidden life of a mother to her daughter, it asks questions of identity, race and belonging.
1966: Sook-Yin is exiled from Kowloon to London with orders to restore honour to her family. As she strives to fit into a world that does not understand her, she realizes that survival will mean carving out a destiny of her own.
1997: Sook-Yin's daughter Lily can barely remember the mother she lost as a small child. But when she is unexpectedly named in the will of a powerful Chinese stranger, she embarks on a secret pilgrimage to Hong Kong to discover the lost side of her identity and claim the reward. But she soon learns that the secrecy around her heritage has deep roots, and good fortune comes at a price.
They say you can't choose your family . . . But what if they're
wrong? Chloe lives a quiet life. Working as a newspaper archivist
in the day and taking care of her nan in the evening, she's happy
simply to read about the lives of others as she files the news
clippings from the safety of her desk. But there's one story that
she can't stop thinking about. The case of Angie Kyle - a girl,
Chloe's age, who went missing as a child. A girl whose parents
never gave up hope. When Chloe's nan is moved into care, leaving
Chloe on the brink of homelessness, she takes a desperate step:
answering an ad to be a lodger in the missing girl's family home.
It could be the perfect opportunity to get closer to the story
she's read so much about. But it's not long until she realizes this
couple isn't all they seem. In a house where everyone has something
to hide, is it possible to get too close? Anna Wharton's debut, The
Imposter, is a thought-provoking story of obsession, loneliness and
the lies we tell ourselves in order to live with ourselves.
'Evocative and compelling' - Karen Hamilton, author of The Perfect
Girlfriend and The Last Wife
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