Independent Bookshop Week: Are We Home Yet? By Katy Massey

For Independent Bookshop Week we’ve twinned with Jacaranda Books an award-winning independent, black-owned publisher and bookseller of adult fiction, non-fiction & Young Adult Fiction. Each day of the week we will be celebrating and promoting a different title by Jacaranda.

Today’s title is ‘Are We Home Yet’ which you may have heard us talking about before as we were championing it as a Jhalak shortlist contender and had Katy join us for an event last year. Haven’t picked it up yet? Why not? Buy it in store during Independent Bookshop Week and get 20% off the RRP.

Order your copy today directly through October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get a commission on your purchase.

Are We Home Yet? By Katy Massey
Paperback RRP £8.99

Spanning the years from 1935 to 2010, Are We Home Yet? is the moving and funny story of a girl and her mother.

As a girl, Katy accidentally discovers her mother is earning money as a sex worker at the family home, rupturing their bond. As an adult, Katy contends with grief and mental health challenges before she and her mother attempt to heal their relationship. From Canada, to Leeds and Jamaica, and exploring shame, immigration and class, the pair share their stories but struggle to understand each other's choices in a fast-changing world.

By revealing their truths, can these two strong women call a truce on their hostilities and overcome the oppressive ghosts of the past?

Order your copy today directly from October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get commission on your purchase.

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We are back open six days a week, with the whole store open for browsing. We will still of course be taking customer orders and you will still be able to buy food and cleaning products online through our online store. 

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