Résumé du livre
Centring on the wonderful creations, Georgia and Bessi, identical twin sisters who inhabit the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue in Neasden (and call it 26a), the novel watches the various members of the Hunter family as they make their way through the 1980s, some with more success than others. While parents Ida and Aubrey wonder what induced them to think their Nigerian and Derby backgrounds could find common ground, their children create their own universe in the back garden, the shopping precinct and the school playground. Older sister Bel discovers sex and sophistication, the twins plan to conquer the world with a flapjack empire, and baby sister Kemy grows dreadlocks and learns to moonwalk for Michael Jackson. start to give way, and the trouble starts. How will Georgia and Bessi cope when life demands that they are separated, and which of them will be stronger? 26a is a novel written with imagination, about imagination. It is about the castles in the air that we build to sustain us, and what happens when they tumble down. It is for anyone who worshipped Michael Jackson as a teenager (or had a friend who did), and for anyone who has known what it is to lose a sibling. Funny, clever and painfully sad, it confirms Diana Evans as a major new talent.