Rootless

Krystle Zara Appiah is a British-Ghanaian writer, editor and screenwriter based in London. She has a degree in literature and creative writing from the University of Kent. In 2020, she was one of forty writers selected for the London Library’s Emerging Writers Programme. Rootless is her debut novel.

‘Both tender and powerful; almost unbearably moving. It broke my heart’ LOUISE O’NEILL‘Involving… paints a hard-hitting picture of how desperate it is to feel that what society insists is the best thing that can happen to you is, in fact, the absolute worst’ THE TIMES‘Brave, insightful and heart-breaking’ RACHEL EDWARDS‘Beautiful and gripping… unforgettable’ EMILIA HART‘Powerful and bittersweet’ DAILY MAIL‘Mesmerising and tender’ WOMAN’S WEEKLY‘An open and honest exploration of the rediscovery of love, motherhood, and the choices we make and sacrifice.’ GAL-DEM‘Highly relatable… your heart will miss a beat’ HUFFPOST UK‘Tender, intimate and unflinching’ EMYLIA HALL‘Skillfully told’ MARIE CLAIRE‘One to watch’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING‘Get ready to be heart-broken’ COSMOPOLITAN‘A debut novel that deserves to find many readers… a must-read’PRIMA‘A heartbreaking tale about motherhood and freedom’ The i paper‘A poignant debut which marks Krystle Zara Appiah out as one of Britain’s best new young writers’ HARPER’S BAZAAR