''An unflinching look at one family''s experience of immigration, exploring mental health, identity and family'' Louise Hare
-Don-t go Mammy please.- Stuttered words filled her ears, sent frissons of guilt through her as she bent over him; held him to her thumping chest. Tears sliding from her face to his.Raef is left behind in Grenada when his mother, Cilla, follows her husband to England in search of a better life. When they are finally reunited seven years later, they are strangers - and the emotional impact of the separation leads to events that rip their family apart. As they try to move forward with their lives, his mother-s secret will make Raef question all he-s ever known of who he is.
A Trace of Sun is, in part, inspired by the author-s own family experiences.