Hold

Listen to an excerpt from Hold, the debut novel from Michael Donkor set in Ghana and South-East London

‘Both moving and funny, a big-hearted book that will stay with you.’ – The Guardian (Best Fiction for 2018)

Read an excerpt from Hold – Michael Donkor’s highly anticipated debut novel

Moving between Ghana and London, Michael Donkor’s debut novel Hold is an intimate, powerful coming-of-age novel. It’s a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness; of learning what we should cling to, and when we need to let go.

Hold – an intimate, powerful coming-of-age debut novel set in Ghana and London by Michael Donkor

Moving between Ghana and London, Michael Donkor’s debut novel Hold is an intimate, powerful coming-of-age novel. It’s a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness; of learning what we should cling to, and when we need to let go.