A Beautifully Written, Spirited And Deeply Moving Novel About A Young Man Finding The Courage To Expand The Limits Of Who He Might Become, From The Acclaimed Author Of Hold.''an Elegant Coming-of-age Tale About Confronting The Ghosts Of Our Childhood, Queer Love And Finding The Courage To Live A Bigger And Better Life For Ourselves'' The Ibright And Precocious Ten-year-old Kwame Akromah Knows How To Behave. He Knows The Importance Of Good Manners, How To Stay At The Top Of The Class And Out Of The Way When His Mother And Father Are Angry With Each Other. But When His Charismatic Cousin Yaw Arrives From Ghana To Live With The Family While He Looks For Work, The Rules Kwame Has Learned About The World Can No Longer Guide Him.twenty Years Later, Kwame Is A Secondary-school Teacher, Popular With His Students And Depended On By His Friends.