Rootless

There are two sides to every love story…

Teenagers Efe and Sam first meet in London in the 1990s.

Years later the best friends are married. Their love story couldn’t seem more perfect.

But Sam wants to start a family.

Efe wants to be free from children to focus on her dreams.

When an unplanned pregnancy forces them to confront their differences, Efe and Sam must discover if what they really want is still each other…

A poignant, heart-breaking debut about a British-Ghanaian marriage in crisis, Rootless is a story of friendship, family, societal obligation and motherhood. But above all, it’s a story of love.

‘[An] involving debut novel … Appiah paints a hard-hitting picture’ — The Times

‘A beautiful, emotional rollercoaster’ — Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, author of Yinka, Where is your Huzband?

ISBN: 9780008528843 | Published: 17 April 2023 | Paperback | 368 pages