No Place Like Home: ‘A universal message … Warm, witty and delightful’ SATHNAM SANGHERA

Charlene White's memoir, "No Place Like Home," explores the concept of home and its impact on identity and belonging, featuring personal stories and interviews with eight individuals. It is a powerful and heartfelt exploration of family, food, and finding one's place, shaped by historical events.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 05 September 2024
Publisher: Dialogue

White, one of Britain's boldest journalists, has produced a warm, witty, and delightful memoir that deserves to be widely read. Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland, describes it as a fascinating read written by a wonderful woman. Carol Vorderman, a renowned television personality, believes that feeling like you belong and knowing who you are are essential to one's wellbeing. Baroness Floella Benjamin OM DBE, a prominent figure in British society, emphasizes the importance of home as a vital base for us to thrive. However, for some, the question of where home is isn't as simple as an address. Depending on circumstance, home may not simply be where we rest, eat, and sleep. With the concept of home comes questions of ancestry, identity, and belonging, and the understanding that there is no one fixed idea of what or where home is. In No Place Like Home, Charlene White boldly shares her own story and understanding of home as a Jamaican Londoner, exploring all the smells, memories, and voices from her childhood. Alongside her personal story, White interviews eight individuals who give their perspectives on home and their experiences that are shaped by myriad events, from difficult family situations to desperate political upheaval and war. No Place Like Home is a powerful and heartfelt exploration of family, food, and finding your place, as well as the moments in history that have changed the way we feel about the simplest of terms: home.

Weight: 470g
Dimension: 242 x 163 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780349703640