Rootless
‘It broke my heart’ Louise O’Neill
‘Hard-hitting’ The Timess
‘Powerful and bittersweet’ Daily Mail
‘Beat[s] Normal People at its own game’ Harper’s Bazaar
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Efe and Sam have been best friends since before they were married. To an outside eye, they have a relationship most can only dream of.
But behind closed doors, Sam wants to start a family, while Efe longs for a life free of responsibility.
When an unplanned pregnancy forces Efe into a stark choice, she has to decide which is more important – her love for her family, or the life she wanted for herself.
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‘An open and honest exploration of the rediscovery of love, motherhood, and the choices we make and sacrifice’
GAL-DEM
‘Highly relatable… your heart will miss a beat’
HUFFPOST UK
”'Both tender and powerful; almost unbearably moving. It broke my heart” - LOUISE O’NEILL
”'Involving… paints a hard-hitting picture of how desperate it is to feel that what society insists is the best thing that can happen to you is, in fact, the absolute worst” - THE TIMES
”'Brave, insightful and heart-breaking” - RACHEL EDWARDS
”'Beautiful and gripping… unforgettable” - EMILIA HART
”'Powerful and bittersweet” - DAILY MAIL
”'Mesmerising and tender” - WOMAN’S WEEKLY
”'An open and honest exploration of the rediscovery of love, motherhood, and the choices we make and sacrifice.” - GAL-DEM
”'Highly relatable… your heart will miss a beat” - HUFFPOST UK
”'Tender, intimate and unflinching” - EMYLIA HALL
”'Skillfully told” - MARIE CLAIRE
”'One to watch” - GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
”'Get ready to be heart-broken” - COSMOPOLITAN
‘A debut novel that deserves to find many readers… a must-read’PRIMA -
‘A heartbreaking tale about motherhood and freedom’ The i paper -
”'A poignant debut which marks Krystle Zara Appiah out as one of Britain’s best new young writers” - HARPER’S BAZAAR
”'A deeply felt novel… full of romance as well as terrible grief. Rootless enthralled me from the start.” - ILANA MASAD, author of All My Mother’s Lovers
”'Efe’s tragic story will stay with readers long after they finish turning pages” - DONNA FREITAS, author of The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano