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Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award.
Achen and Nyakale: twin sisters, separated from childhood to inherit different destinies.
In the hope of inheriting a better life, a mother makes the heart-wrenching decision to send one child, Nyakale, to South Africa to be raised by her well-off sister, the child’s aunt, who has no children of her own. The other child, Achen, stays in Uganda to be raised by their mother in a village.
An Image in a Mirror is a richly told and deeply intimate African story about the becoming of two young women who are the same as much as they are different. When the sisters, at the age of twenty-two, finally cross their respective worlds to meet, how mirrored will each feel about the other?
ISBN: 9781990253911
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Praise for An Image in a Mirror
“A richly told and deeply intimate African story about the becoming of two young women.”
— Books Live Sunday Times
“It Is quite remarkable how gripping it is … I was hooked within the first five pages. Ogwang is a brilliant writer with a multinational background – Kenyan, Ugandan and South African, which obviously lends colour and depth to her writing. I, for one, cannot wait to read the next one.”
— AfroVoice
“A touching and perceptive tale of family and the depth of shared origins.”
— City of Cape Town Library
“A beautifully crafted tale of twins … Awesome.”
— Sunday Sun