In the Ditch - Buchi Emecheta city guide from the Álvaro Siza Archive

from the Álvaro Siza Archive – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon)

a simple and indirect game of reflections take shape: the naval games of the historian and science-fiction author Fletcher Pratt

dropouts and the fringe elements that went to make up a warm-hearted family of non-conformists with whom he identified and felt totally at home

instinctive – a way not just of seeing

In the Ditch - Buchi Emecheta city guide from the Álvaro Siza ArchiveAdah is a single mother of five, living in a dank, crumbling housing estate for problem families, avoiding the rats and rubbish. Its not quite the new start in London she had planned. As she navigates the complicated welfare system that keeps her trapped in poverty, can she cling to her dream of a better life, and find somewhere that feels like home? Buchi Emechetas scorching debut novel drew on her own experiences to paint a moving picture of hope,