Ghost Girl, Banana

A powerful debut novel about family secrets and what it costs to belong, for fans of Brit Bennett and Clare Chambers.

1966: Sook-Yin is exiled from Kowloon to London with orders to restore honour to her family. As she strives to fit into a world that does not understand her, she realizes that survival will mean carving out a destiny of her own.

1997: Sook-Yin's daughter Lily can barely remember the mother she lost as a small child. But when she is unexpectedly named in the will of a powerful Chinese stranger, she embarks on a secret pilgrimage to Hong Kong to discover the lost side of her identity and claim the reward.

But she soon learns that the secrecy around her heritage has deep roots, and good fortune comes at a price.

'An astounding debut ... written with emotion and astuteness, this deserves to be on book prize lists' — PRIMA

'An intriguing, beautifully written study of the stories we inherit. I loved being in Lily and Sook-Yin's heads, my heart breaking for them . . . I loved it!' — Nikki May, author of Wahala

'Captivating characters and lucid prose' — Melissa Fu, author of Peach Blossom Spring

ISBN: 9781399700344 | Published: 26 April 2023 | Trade paperback | 416 pages