{"product_id":"before-we-hit-the-ground-by-selali-fiamanya","title":"Before We Hit the Ground by Selali Fiamanya","description":"\u003cp class=\"cms-formatting__p\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging… beautifully rendered' JESSICA ANDREWS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cms-formatting__p\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A deeply observant, perceptive writer' JOANNA CANNON \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cms-formatting__p\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Evocative, layered and emotionally resonant… deserves to be on your reading list' GLAMOUR \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cms-formatting__p\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Masterful… It will stay with you long after you finish it' JJ BOLA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cms-formatting__p\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Love was a tightrope between freedom and control. He didn’t know how others seemed to walk it with ease’ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cms-formatting__p\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElom can’t make sense of love. It’s like a language he can’t speak, though he’s heard the words before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe wants to feel understood – by his well-meaning yet misapprehending family, his self-assured partner Ben, and his boisterous friends – but he never knows the right thing to say. How can you know yourself, in a world that’s constantly changing? Set across Ghana and Scotland, this is an intimate portrait of one man’s search for belonging, a family’s attempt to love, and the choices that make a life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cms-formatting__p\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardback \/ 368 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55380629356925,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9780008509569.jpg?v=1740092955","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/before-we-hit-the-ground-by-selali-fiamanya","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}