The Lauras

'A writer of real gravitas and potency.

' Ali Smith

'An extraordinary journey .

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Engrossing, original and eloquent.

' Helen Dunmore

'Elegiac and beautifully observed.

' Observer

'Vivid and captivating.

' Stylist

I didn?

€™t realise my mother was a person until I was thirteen years old and she pulled me out of bed, put me in the back of her car, and we left home and my dad with no explanations.

I thought that Ma was all that she was and all that she had ever wanted to be.

I was wrong.

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As Ma and Alex make their way from Virginia to California, each new state prompts stories and secrets of a life before Alex.

Together they put to rest unsettled scores, heal old wounds, and search out lost friends.

But Alex can't forget the life they've left behind.