Rootless

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There are two sides to every love story

[An] involving debut novel Appiah paints a hard-hitting picture THE TIMES

A poignant debut which marks Krystle Zara Appiah out as one of Britains best new young writers
HARPERS BAZAAR
A beautiful, emotional rollercoaster LIZZIE DAMILOLA BLACKBURN, author of Yinka, where is your huzband

Both tender and powerful LOUISE ONEILL

Beautiful and gripping unforgettable EMILIA HART
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Teenagers Efe and Sam first meet in London in the 1990s.

Years later the best friends are married. Their love story couldnt seem more perfect.

But Sam wants to start a family.

Efe wants to be free from children to focus on her dreams.

When an unplanned pregnancy forces them to confront their differences,
Efe and Sam must discover if what they really want is still each other

A poignant, heart-breaking debut about a British-Ghanaian marriage in crisis, Rootless is a story of friendship, family, societal obligation and motherhood. But above all, its a story of love.
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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

Brave, insightful and heart-breaking
RACHEL EDWARDS

Efes tragic story will stay with readers long after they finish turning pages
DONNA FREITAS, author of The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano

Tender, intimate and unflinching
EMYLIA HALL

A deeply felt novel full of romance as well as terrible grief. Rootless enthralled me from the start
ILANA MASAD, author of All My Mothers Lovers

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Both tender and powerful; almost unbearably moving. It broke my heart LOUISE ONEILL

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 WOMANS 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 freedomThe i paper

A poignant debut which marks Krystle Zara Appiah out as one of Britains best new young writers HARPERS 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 Mothers Lovers

Efes tragic story will stay with readers long after they finish turning pages DONNA FREITAS, author of The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano

Author Bio

Krystle Zara Appiah is a British-Ghanaian writer, editor and screenwriter based in London. She has a degree in literature and creative writing from the University of Kent. In 2020, she was one of forty writers selected for the London Librarys Emerging Writers Programme. Rootless is her debut novel.