Hope and Glory is, in every respect, a family drama. It opens with Glory Akindele returning to London after leaving her life in America to order to mourn the death of her father and to help her family through this difficult time. Unbeknownst to Glory, the family she left when she moved to America is not the same family she returns to. Glory, herself, is at a cross roads and decides to stay in London, closer to her family, not running away for once. While she begins to uncover who she is, she also begins to uncover some family secrets that can either break the family further or set them free.

There is just something so alluring and relatable about a main character who is perfectly imperfect - and believe me, Glory is that and more. In many respects she is all of us - so adamant about making it on her own and prove herself. Desperate to avoid truths in order to remain in the comfortable familiarity that she grew up in. I personally love messy family dynamics and tend to gravitate to books that include them especially involving immigrant families. There is such a dichotomy between the familial conflicts and external struggles faced as immigrants. Hope and Glory depicts so many real struggles so accurately and makes the reader understand the complexity behind every struggle - the grey rather than just the black and white. Hope and Glory is truly a testament to the adage that family is forever, you may not always like your family, but you will always love them.

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