Welcome back to the podcast! We scour the literary world for the best books to share with you and this episode’s reading comes all the way from Accra, Ghana, as Lesley Lokko (supported by a beautiful dawn chorus of birds!) shares her new book, Soul Sisters, with us.

It’s a rich, intergenerational tale of love, race, power and secrets that centres on the lifelong friendship between two women: Scottish Jen McFadden and South African-born Kemisa Mashabane, known to her friends as Kemi. The ties that bind them are strong but become tested when a member of the black South African elite, Solam Matsunyane, notices them. Handsome, charismatic, charming, and a successful young banker, he’s enamoured with both Jen and Kemi, but who will he choose? All the while, the real story behind the two families’ connection threatens to reveal itself – with devastating consequences…

Soul Sisters by Lesley Lokko is published by Pan MacMillan and available now. Be warned, it’s hard to put down once you pick it up!

If you can make a special effort by buying a copy from your local bookshop, the author and a local business will be thrilled. Or you can get it from our shop on Bookshop.org, where a portion of proceeds go to support indies around the UK.

Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman

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