THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

WINNER OF THE ONDAATJE PRIZE

'The best book I read last year by a mile. . . so beautifully written that anyone would be hooked' Laura Hackett, Sunday Times, Best Summer Books

'Wonderfully funny and poignant. . . a tale of family secrets and political awakening amid a crumbling regime' Luke Harding, Observer

'We never lose our inner freedom; the freedom to do what is right'

Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries o ...