English writer Chris Cleave spent his childhood in West Africa. In 2008, he drew attention to himself with the story of a sixteen-year-old Nigerian girl, Bee, who is facing deportation from Great Britain. After two years in a refugee accommodation center, Bee escapes. She decides to find her husband, Sarah and Andrew, the only people she knows in the Western world. Sarah, a successful fashion magazine editor, decides to help the girl. The novel The Other Hand is a touching and tense story of two brave women who triumphantly survive. The book was nominated for the prestigious Costa Award and has delighted readers around the world.