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- Paperback Aug 8, 2023 | 9781474621717 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
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- Hardback Dec 27, 2022 | 9781474621694 | RRP $45.00 Buy Now
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- Paperback Aug 8, 2023 | 9781474621717 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Aug 30, 2022 | 9781474621700 | RRP $32.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Dec 27, 2022 | 9781474621694 | RRP $45.00 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jul 18, 2022 | 9781474621731 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 7, 2022 | 9781474621724 | RRP $15.99 Buy Now
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Phoenix
- Paperback Aug 8, 2023 | 9781474621717 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Aug 30, 2022 | 9781474621700 | RRP $32.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Dec 27, 2022 | 9781474621694 | RRP $45.00 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jul 18, 2022 | 9781474621731 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 7, 2022 | 9781474621724 | RRP $15.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Aug 8, 2023 | 9781474621717 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Aug 30, 2022 | 9781474621700 | RRP $32.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Dec 27, 2022 | 9781474621694 | RRP $45.00 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jul 18, 2022 | 9781474621731 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 7, 2022 | 9781474621724 | RRP $15.99 Buy Now
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A timely, beautifully evoked and deeply moving story of identity, community and belonging - and an unlikely friendship that changes two lives forever
'Heartbreaking, hopeful . . . nothing short of a joy' Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Open Water
Rupert's eclectic charity shop, The Chest of Small Wonders, sits on an ever-changing high street in an ever-changing corner of London. He once had big dreams for the place, but times are tough, and without his beloved wife by his side he is close to giving up.
When lonely teenager Kwasi takes refuge in the shop, escaping school bullies and the watchful eyes of his extended family, the Chest becomes a place of possibility again. Man and boy unite to save the shop and an unexpected friendship begins, but as tensions escalate around them both Kwasi and Rupert must decide who their allies are and where their futures lie.
Lyrical, witty, moving and timely, To Fill a Yellow House is a story of community, friendship and the power of creativity and connection. It is as vibrant and surprising as the city it is set in and marks the arrival of a bright and bold new talent.
Praise for To Fill a Yellow House
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Anie's skilful debut novel follows the development of an unlikely bond between a shopkeeper and a young boy in a hostile inner-city environment... it rings with such keen and resonant themes... Kwasi's voice is majestically narrated, folding in Anie's authorial drive with his own syncopated artistic sensitivity. - THE OBSERVER
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[An] evocative story of community and companionship. - THE I PAPER
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Deeply affecting and sensitively told, with a main character you will fall in love with, break your heart over, and fervently root for all the way to the last page, To Fill A Yellow House is a transporting and beautiful story that will stay with me for a long time. Original and tender, it is an exquisite, absorbing and buoyant story of vulnerability and companionship, the redemptive power of friendship, and the spaces we choose to belong. Sussie Anie is a master storyteller and readers will be thinking about and missing Kwasi long after the last triumphant page! - Buki Papillon, author of An Ordinary Wonder
Sussie Anie
Sussie Anie is a British-Ghanaian writer, born in London in 1994. Her writing has been published in Lolwe, and was shortlisted for the 2020 White Review Short Story Prize. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, where she was the recipient of the 2018-19 Kowitz Scholarship. To Fill a Yellow House is her debut novel.
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