As expats, most of us are here because we chose to be. Previous emigrants couldn’t always say that. Trezza Azzopardi’s debut novel follows a family of Maltese migrants in 1960s Cardiff as told by the youngest child. The contrast between the harsh culture clash and the innocence of a child’s viewpoint is what makes this a real page-turner.

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