Jendella Benson Hope & Glory Hardback Book

One of the years most anticipated byMarie Claire, Essence, Debutiful, & GoodreadsA brilliant debut by a BritishNigerian authora heartfelt family drama that will delight book club readers and fans of books likeThe Girl with the Louding VoiceandErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows. Jendella Benson has drawn such a compelling world. The book and the characters stayed with me long after Id turned the final pages! Candice CartyWilliams, bestselling author ofQueenieGlory Akindele returns to London from her seemingly glamorous life in LA to mourn the sudden death of her father, only to find her previously close family has fallen apart in her absence. Her brother, Victor, is in jail and wont speak to her because she didnt come home for his trial. Her older sister, Faith, once a busy career woman, appears to have lost her independence and ambition, and is instead channeling her energies into holding together a perfect suburban family. Worst of all, their mother, Celeste, is headed toward a breakdown after the death of her husband and the shame of her sons incarceration. Rather than returning to America, Glory decides to stay and try to bring them all together again. Its a tall order given that Glorys life isnt exactly working out according to plan either, and shes acutely aware that shes not so sure who she is and what she wants. A chance reunion with a man shed known in her teensthe perceptive but elusive Juliangives her the courage to start questioning why her respectable but... | Jendella Benson Hope & Glory Hardback Book