Other Names, Other Places
, by Mustapha, Ola- ISBN: 9781914148316 | 1914148312
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/23/2024
Growing up in London with Tunisian parents, wayward Nessie finds herself caught between cultures. Her parents don’ t want her becoming too English, while at school she doesn’ t feel ‘ white enough’ or ‘ African enough’ to fit in with any group. She even has multiple names: Nesrine officially, Susu to her family, Nessie to everyone else.
And then there’ s Mrs Brown: a charismatic woman who befriends her parents and soon becomes the glue holding their dysfunctional family together. Yet after a catastrophic betrayal, Mrs Brown abruptly disappears from their lives.
Years later, Nessie seeks independence but struggles to escape a pattern of self-sabotage. As unsolved family mysteries resurface, she begins to wonder: what really happened between her parents and Mrs Brown?