Strangerland

'A testament to love's fortitude in a tumultuous world' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Passionate and powerful, a love story that will grip you until the very end' ABIGAIL BERGSTROM, author of WHAT A SHAME 'A beautiful, vivid, gut-punch of a novel' EMMA STONEX, author of THE LAMPLIGHTERS 'A powerful and emotional novel which spans continents' MIRROR 'Compelling and deeply moving . . . so absorbing' EXPRESS 'Beautiful . . . a wonderful and remarkable novel that I would happily read all over again' ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS, author of THE THREE OF US 'Rings true on every level . . . above all, in its glorious depiction of love' CATHERINE MAYER, author of ATTACK OF THE 50FT WOMEN London, 1990. Zivoin is newly arrived in a strange country. The dependable oldest son, he works all hours of the day and night, sending every penny he can save back to his family. On the news, he watches his homeland, Yugoslavia, slowly fracturing. Thousands of miles away, in the tropical heat of Uberlândia, Brazil, Alegria prepares to leave behind the country - and the family - she loves dearly. Bright and ambitious, she strives to give her parents the life they deserve, even if it takes her far from them. A chance meeting throws Alegria and Zivoin together - and for a brief moment, they feel at home. But their journey is just beginning, and what follows will draw them irresistibly across countries and continents, leaving them both forever changed. The powerful, exhilarating debut novel from an award-winning new voice in fiction, Strangerland is a heartfelt testament to the endurance that has come to define a generation of immigrants. Above all, it is a soaring, emotionally rich story about the power of love to transcend languages, borders and time.

Monika Radojevic is a Brazilian-Montenegrin writer and poet who was born and raised in London. She spent years working in the feminist and political sector, and her writing is a continuous exploration of power dynamics, inequality and freedom. Monika is the inaugural winner of the #Merky Books New Writers' prize, and writes to make sense of life. She has previously published a volume of poetry, Teeth in the Back of My Neck, and a short story collection, A Beautiful Lack of Consequence. Strangerland is her debut novel.