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Lastly but firstly, thanks to my husband David, who is always there to support me when I venture into creative waters unknown, and who is always a safe harbour when I come home.

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HAMISH HAMILTON

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First published 2019

Copyright © Bernardine Evaristo, 2019

The moral right of the author has been asserted

The lines quoted on page 254 are by Grace Nichols, ‘We the Women’, from I is a Long Memoried Woman (Karnak House Publishers, 1983). Lines reprinted by kind permission of Grace Nichols.

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ISBN: 978-0-241-98500-7

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