The Fortunicity of Birdie Dalal

When Birdie and her family are thrown out of Uganda by the tyrant Idi Amin they lose everything. London seems cold and inhospitable. The future looks bleak. But then an unexpected invitation to a weekend in the country arrives from Jack's old Cambridge University friends and life starts to look up. Birdie resolves to succeed in her new life - until a disturbing incident brings back echoes from Amin's reign of terror and Birdie finds she needs to make choices. A poignant tale following Birdie's journey from her comfortable life in 1970s Uganda to a new beginning in England, and the lessons she learns about kindness and hope along the way.