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Losing the plot / Derek Owusu.

Owusu, Derek, (author.).

Summary:

Driven by a deep-seated desire to understand his mother's life before he was born, Derek Owusu offers a powerful imagining of her journey. As she moves from Ghana to the UK and navigates parenthood in a strange and often lonely environment, the effects of her displacement are felt across generations. 'Losing the Plot' pieces together the immigrant experience and explores how the stories we share and tell ourselves are just as vital as the ones we don't. From the author of 'That Reminds Me' (a Dewey Diva pick). A Dewey Diva Pick.#diversity.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781838855628 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 154 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2022.
Subject: Black people > Social conditions > Fiction.
Ghanaians > Great Britain > Fiction.
Mother and child > Great Britain > Fiction.
Mothers and sons > Fiction.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects > Fiction.
Great Britain > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Derek Owusu is a writer, poet and podcaster from North London. In 2016 he joined the multi-award-winning literature podcast Mostly Lit. He also produced the well-received This Is Spoke podcast for Penguin Random House and Freemantle Media. His essay on Black men and insecurities was the second-most-read article on Media Diversified in 2018, and his essay on language was picked up by BBC Newsnight to be turned into a short documentary. In 2019 Derek collated, edited and contributed to Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space. His debut novel, That Reminds Me, won the Desmond Elliott Prize.

@DerekVsOwusu


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