The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Nairdoo

A story of being completely and utterly lost among school bullies, immigration proceedings, political prisoners and hidden truths.

Sade’s mother is shot on their driveway in Nigeria just as she gets ready for school one morning.

Why shoot the wife of a journalist? Because that journalist, Sade’s father, wrote the truth about the Nigerian government.

Her brother Femi stops speaking and within the space of two days they are abandoned in London not knowing who they can trust or how much truth they can tell. Not knowing where their father is, or whether he’s dead or alive.

The rhetoric around immigration and refugees among politicians and newspapers can be confusing.

If you want to understand what it’s really like to have to flee your home country under difficult circumstances, this is the book for you. #refugees #politics #asylumseekers #isolation

Video review here.