A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing: A Memoir Across Three Continents

A poetic coming-of-age memoir that probes the legacies and myths of family, race, and religion-from Nigeria to England to America

Mary-Alice Daniel's family moved from West Africa to England when she was a very young girl, leaving behind the vivid culture of her native land in the Nigerian savanna. They arrived to a blanched, cold world of prim suburbs and unfamiliar customs. So began her family's series of travels across three continents in search of places of belonging.

A Coastline Is an Im...