Letters to Hargeisa

Set across three generations, this is a book about memory, migration and the stubborn persistence of home. Written with rare tenderness and precision, it follows a family whose story mirrors that of a nation — scattered, resilient and bound together by language.

Each chapter moves between past and present, weaving oral history with intimate portraiture. The result is a work that feels at once deeply local and entirely universal.

Why readers love it

Critics have praised its luminous prose and its unflinching honesty. Readers return to it for its warmth, its humour and its insight into the ties that hold communities together across distance and time.