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Go Home Birdie Brown

By: Laura Blake
Narrated by: Sara Powell
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Birdie has come too far to go quietly … A powerful and emotional novel inspired by the Windrush Scandal, for fans of All My Mothers by Joanna Glen and Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez This is a story about being told you don’t belong. This is a story about knowing you do. This is a story about Birdie.

Birdie Brown’s life is held together by family — her sharp-witted daughter Carmen, her son Scott who no one mentions, and five grandkids who keep her on her toes. Retirement is bingo nights, babysitting, and TV with her granddaughter Saffie — until a letter from the Home Office arrives.

It says she’s here illegally. That she must return to Jamaica — a country she hasn’t seen since childhood.

As the system threatens to erase her, Birdie must confront buried truths and fractured ties. Can she hold on to the life she built — and the family that built her?

'A self-assured debut …A wonderful story of family, community, and the importance of recognising people instead of categories.' Louise Hare author of This Lovely City 'A tender, powerful and emotional novel … wonderfully moving' Platinum Magazine 'A vital and emotional read' Fabulous Magazine Netgalley readers love Go Home Birdie Brown: ‘It’s heartbreaking but uplifting too, a … brave voice that deserves to be heard’ ‘This book broke my heart’ ‘An excellent book’ ‘Brilliant’©2026 Laura Blake (P)2026 HarperCollins Publishers Genre Fiction Political Heartfelt
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The characters were very real (for me) and well rounded. Laura has captured so much across four generations which have changed so much.

I loved the depth of the characters and the stories around the central story.

I could have been caught up in this too if I'd been born a year earlier in Jamaica. My mum still had her passport and was able to produce it but still went through a very stressful time.

Loved it so much I'm going to buy the book to read it again

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