The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

'Prepare to be wholly engrossed... Phenomenal' Observer

'Utterly essential' iNews

'Intimate, considered, beautifully written and perceived, ambitious and ultimately satisfying. Outstanding' Daily Mail

'Astonishing... I lived in this novel for three weeks. It is long. It is a journey. It is something so remarkable I'm not sure we collectively ever even dreamed it.' Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple

'Beautifully, and traumatically, weaves a spell of a story about more than ten generations of an American family_indigenous, African and European... Remarkable' Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish)

'Breath-taking ... A book I urge everyone to read. It is deeply moving and deeply informative. It is magnificent' Sarah Winman, author of Still Life

'Exceptional in the way it engages so deeply and emphatically with history' Guardian

'Epic and intimate... an extraordinary achievement' The Spectator

'A work of profound beauty' Irish Times

'Extraordinary ... moving and evocative' TLS

'The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois is the kind of book that comes around only once a decade ... Simply magnificent' Washington Post

'Quite simply the best book that I have read in a very, very long time' New York Times

'Just as brilliant as it is necessary, just as intimate as it is expansive. An outstanding portrait of an American family and in turn, an outstanding portrait of America' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give

'Masterful and stunning ... These Love Songs make for a frank, feminist, and unforgettable read' Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies