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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Orion Books

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9781510111578

RRP: £7.99

PAGES: 240

PUBLICATION DATE:
May 25, 2023

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The Stories Grandma Forgot (and How I Found Them)

Nadine Aisha Jassat

From acclaimed poet Nadine Aisha Jassat comes a gripping mystery… “Grandma Farida is losing her memory – but I’m going to help her remember a huge secret.”

Twelve-year-old Nyla’s dad died when she was four, or that’s what she’s been told. So when Grandma Farida insists she saw him in the supermarket, Nyla wonders if she is ‘time-travelling’ again – the phrase she uses when Grandma forgets.

But when Grandma asks Nyla to find her dad and bring him home, Nyla promises that she will.

As Nyla sets out on her journey, she hopes that uncovering the past will help her to understand the mystery at the heart of her family … and to work out who she is.

A page-turning verse novel about memory and identity, and a bond that soars above all else.

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Nadine Aisha Jassat

Nadine Aisha Jassat is an award-winning writer, and author of poetry collection Let Me Tell You This (shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award and a Herald Scottish Culture Award for Outstanding Literature) and middle grade verse novel The Stories Grandma Forgot (And How I Found Them), a gripping mystery which shines a light on Alzheimer’s and identity.

She has been published widely, including in It’s Not About The Burqa (shortlisted for the Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year), and Bloodaxe’s Staying Human. She has taught and performed internationally and across the UK, and has appeared across media – from BBC Scotland’s The Big Scottish Book Club, to South Africa’s Cape Talk Radio.

Nadine lives in Scotland, and grew up in the North of England with a Yorkshire mum and a Zimbabwean dad. She is of mixed heritage; a heritage which can only be told in stories.