My Fathers' Daughter: A Story of Family and Belonging

In 2004, Hannah Pool knew more about next season's lipstick colors than she did about Africa: a beauty editor for newspaper, she juggled lattes and cocktails, handbags and hangouts through her twenties just like any other beautiful, independent Londoner. Her white, English adoptive relatives were beloved to her and were all the family she needed. Contacted by relatives she didn't know she had, she decided to visit Eritrea, the war-torn African country of her birth, and answer for herself the daunting questions every adopted child asks. What Hannah Pool learned on her journey forms a narrative of insight, wisdom, wit, and warmth beyond all expectations. A story that will "send shivers down [your] spine," follows Hannah Pool's brave and heartbreaking return to Africa to meet the family she lost — and the father she thought was dead.