Scattered A memoir of three homecomings

<p><b>**A top 5 <i>Sunday Times </i>bestseller**</b><br><b>**Longlisted for the Bread & Roses Award 2025**</b><br><b><br>‘Brave, powerful, and deeply necessary ... A vital contribution to the Black British literary canon’ Afua Hirsch</b><br><b>‘Fresh and important’ <i>Guardian</i></b><br><b>‘An exceptional book’ Sally Hayden</b><br><b>‘Wonderful’ <i>Financial Times</i></b><br><b>‘An extraordinary story’ Nish Kumar</b><br><br>When Aamna Mohdin travelled to Calais to report on the refugee crisis, she was confronted by a reality she had been outrunning for two decades: that she had been a child refugee herself.<br><br>Determined to piece her scattered family history together, Mohdin set off on a mission. Her journey would see her cross the world: from the rooftops of Mogadishu to a reunion with a long-lost friend in Amsterdam to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.<br><br><i>Scattered</i> is a powerful investigation into the aftershocks of displacement, written by a young woman uniquely placed to explore the refugee experience. But it is also a story of homecoming in many forms – and a defiant celebration of family and love.<br><br><b>‘In a moment where refugees are rarely heard from, her voice breaks through’ Gary Younge</b><br><b>‘Mohdin explores her Somali family’s refugee experience across continents in her wonderful book’ <i>Financial Times</i></b></p>