Before We Hit the Ground

LONGLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE BOOK AWARDS

'A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging… beautifully rendered' – JESSICA ANDREWS

'A deeply observant, perceptive writer' – JOANNA CANNON

'Masterful' – JJ BOLA

'Evocative, layered and emotionally resonant… deserves to be on your reading list' – GLAMOUR

'Love was a tightrope between freedom and control. He didn’t know how others seemed to walk it with ease'

Elom can’t make sense of love. It’s like a language he can’t speak, though he’s 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 that’s constantly changing?

Set across Ghana and Scotland, Before We Hit the Ground is an intimate portrait of one man’s search for belonging, a family’s 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’

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‘This is one of the best books I’ve read this year, and I truly hope more people discover it’

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‘All in all this was an absolutely stunning debut novel, I cannot wait to read more of Fiamanya's work in the future’

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‘Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, this took my breath away. Wow, what a gorgeous novel. I can't recommend this enough’

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