We Need New Names

'There are times, though, that no matter how much food I eat, I find the food does nothing for me, like I am hungry for my country and nothing is going to fix that'

This is the story of Darling, uprooted from her family home by paramilitary police, and living in a Zimbabwean shanty called Paradise. Despite the turmoil, she revels in mischief and adventures with her friends, like stealing guavas from the rich neighbourhood, and singing Lady Gaga at the top of her voice.

But when Darling has a chance to forge a different life in America, she realises that this new paradise brings its own set of challenges. In We Need New Names a spirited girl grows into a powerful observer of global identity.

Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.

Prizes: Winner of Etisalat Prize for Literature 2014 (UK) and PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction 2014 (UK) and Society of Authors Awards: Trask Award 2014 (UK) and 2014 Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Legacy Award 2014 (UK). Runner-up for Barnes and Noble Discover Award for Fiction 2014 (UK). Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2013 (UK) and Guardian First Book Award 2013 (UK). Long-listed for The Folio Prize 2014 (UK) and I.M.P.A.C. Dublin Award 2015 (UK).