Scattered

A memoir of three homecomings

**Longlisted for the Bread & Roses Award 2025**

'Brave, powerful, and deeply necessary ... A vital contribution to the Black British literary canon' Afua Hirsch
'Fresh and important' Guardian
'An exceptional book' Sally Hayden
'Wonderful' Financial Times
'An extraordinary story' Nish Kumar

A staggering investigation into the costs and consequences of displacement, from a young woman uniquely placed to explore the refugee experience and its aftershocks

When Aamna Mohdin travelled to Calais to report on the refugee crisis, she was confronted by a reality she had been outrunning for two decades- that she had been a child refugee herself.

Determined to piece her scattered family history together, Mohdin set off on a mission. Her journey would see her cross the world- from the rooftops of Mogadishu to a reunion with a long-lost friend in Amsterdam to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.

Scattered is a powerful investigation into the aftershocks of displacement, written by a young woman uniquely placed to explore the refugee experience. But it is also a story of homecoming in many forms and a defiant celebration of family and love.

'In a moment where refugees are rarely heard from, her voice breaks through' Gary Younge

'Mohdin explores her Somali family's refugee experience across continents in her wonderful book' Financial Times