Before We Hit the Ground

'A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging beautifully rendered' JESSICA ANDREWS 'A deeply observant, perceptive writer' JOANNA CANNON 'Evocative, layered and emotionally resonant deserves to be on your reading list' GLAMOUR 'Masterful It will stay with you long after you finish it' JJ BOLA Love was a tightrope between freedom and control. He didnt know how others seemed to walk it with ease Elom cant make sense of love. Its like a language he cant speak, though hes heard the words before. He wants to feel understood by his well-meaning yet misapprehending family, his self-assured partner Ben, and his boisterous friends but he never knows the right thing to say. How can you know yourself, in a world thats constantly changing? Set across Ghana and Scotland, this is an intimate portrait of one mans search for belonging, a familys attempt to love, and the choices that make a life. GLOWING READER REVIEWS Fiamanya's writing is just gorgeous it's tender, it's unflinching, and it's totally immersive This is one of the best books Ive read this year, and I truly hope more people discover it All in all this was an absolutely stunning debut novel, I cannot wait to read more of Fiamanya's work in the future Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, this took my breath away. Wow, what a gorgeous novel. I can't recommend this enough