Red Dust Road

Red Dust Road is a memoir by Jackie Kay that explores the themes of adoption, identity, and inheritance. It follows Kay's journey to find her birth parents and discovers that inheritance is about much more than genes, being shaped by songs as much as cells, and that love triumphs. The book is written with novelistic and poetic flair and is part of the Picador Collection, showcasing the best of modern literature.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 17 February 2022
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

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You may believe that adoption is a tale with a conclusion. However, the truth is that it has no end. It never stops changing its ending.

From the moment she realizes as a young girl that her skin is a different color than that of her beloved mother and father, to the tracing and discovery of her birth parents, her Highland mother, and Nigerian father, Jackie Kay's journey in "Red Dust Road" is one of unexpected twists, turns, and deep emotions. In a book remarkable for its warmth and candor, Kay discovers that inheritance is about much more than genes: that we are shaped by songs as much as by cells, and that what triumphs, ultimately, is love.

Taking the reader from Glasgow to Lagos and beyond, "Red Dust Road" is a heart-stopping story of parents and siblings, friends and strangers, belonging and beliefs, biology and destiny.

"Like the best memoirs, this one is written with novelistic and poetic flair. "Red Dust Road" is a fantastic, probing, and heart-warming read - Independent

Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Weight: 230g
Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529077230