Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun

Morayo Da Silva, a cosmopolitan Nigerian woman, lives in hip San Francisco.On the cusp of seventy-five, she is in good health and makes the most of it, enjoying road trips in her vintage Porsche, chatting to strangers, and recollecting characters from her favourite novels.Then she has a fall and her independence crumbles. Without the support of family, she relies on friends and chance encounters.As Morayo recounts her story, moving seamlessly between past and present, we meet Dawud, a charming Palestinian shopkeeper, Sage, a feisty, homeless Grateful Dead devotee, and Antonio, the poet whom Morayo desired more than her ambassador husband.A subtle story about ageing, friendship and loss, this is also a nuanced study of the erotic yearnings of an older woman.