Go Home Birdie Brown

"A tender, powerful and emotional novel ... wonderfully moving" — Platinum Magazine

"A vital and emotional read" — Fabulous Magazine

Birdie has come too far to go quietly ...

A powerful and emotional novel inspired by the Windrush Scandal.

This is a story about being told you don't belong. This is a story about knowing you do.

This is a story about Birdie.

Birdie Brown's life is held together by family — her sharp-witted daughter Carmen, her son Scott who no one mentions, and five grandkids who keep her on her toes. Retirement is bingo nights, babysitting, and TV with her granddaughter Saffie — until a letter from the Home Office arrives.

It says she's here illegally. That she must return to Jamaica — a country she hasn't seen since childhood.

As the system threatens to erase her, Birdie must confront buried truths and fractured ties. Can she hold on to the life she built — and the family that built her?

"Such a moving story and so well told" ★★★★★

"An important, compassionate and thought-provoking read" ★★★★★

"It's a story with heart and life and I'd recommend it to anyone who can read" ★★★★★

"A self-assured debut ...A wonderful story of family, community, and the importance of recognising people instead of categories." — Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City

"A tender, powerful and emotional novel ... wonderfully moving" — Platinum Magazine

"A vital and emotional read" — Fabulous Magazine

Netgalley readers love Go Home Birdie Brown:

"It's heartbreaking but uplifting too, a ... brave voice that deserves to be heard"

"This book broke my heart"

"An excellent book"

"Brilliant"