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NEW BOOK ALERT: Krystle Zara Appiah’s Half Lives Is a Gut-Punch of a Novel About Sisters, Secrets, and the Children They Share
British-Ghanaian writer Krystle Zara Appiah is back with her second novel, Half Lives, published by HarperCollins on June 4, 2026. The novel opens in 1970s Ghana, where sisters Evelyn and Maggie are two sides of the same coin, reliable Evelyn entrusted to support her struggling family, while Maggie skips class to flirt with boys.
Originally published by Brittle Paper.