Publisher's Synopsis
Selected as TOP THREE recommended book of the week. -- Reedsy Discovery
"Wrap Me in Trees paints an honest picture of immigrant life. Kenny has a natural writing style. She evokes laughter as well as sorrow and seamlessly moves between different characters."-- Chermaine Sowah, Reviewer for Reedsy Discovery
Using poetry and letters written by the two protagonists, Kenny gracefully weaves themes of cultural uncertainty with familial tension and heartbreak. -- Felicia, Editorial Manager for Reedsy Discovery
"In contrast to the heaving streets of Lagos, the atmosphere at the embassy was intimidating and pristine. There was a palpable but muted energy, a mixture of the intimidating self-importance of the embassy staff and the fermenting sweat of the nervous visa-seekers as they filed in from the heat into the cool air inside..."
Torn apart by poverty and austerity in their home country, the Alejo family becomes divided across two continents for more than two decades. Can this close-knit family reunite and make things work or will their forced expatriation drive them apart forever?
Wrap me in Trees is a story of love, hope and forgiveness and what it means to walk the line of an immigrant.
