DAUGHTER IN EXILE, a novel

395pp., paperback, Reprint, HarperVia, New York, (2023) 2024

ISBN: 9780063089006

When twenty-one-year-old Lola, an aspiring writer and university graduate from Ghana living in Senegal, falls in love with Armand, an American Marine, she moves to America to live with him as an undocumented immigrant.

"Fast-paced. Riveting. Heartbreaking. Far from the madding crowds of immigrant novels, Adjapon’s Daughter in Exile highlights the cultural differences that divide us and, ultimately, the shared humanity that brings us together." Alka Joshi, author of The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur

"What a rollercoaster! Daughter in Exile is an unflinching tale of what immigration to the West can be. It is also the humanity that is America, the contradiction that is the church and the resilience of an African woman: Bisi Adjapon does not hold back. It was hard to put down." Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, author of The First Woman

Bisi Adjapon is the author of the novel The Teller of Secrets. Her work has appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly, Washington Post, Ms Magazine, Aljazeera, New York Times and The Guardian. She has won the Foreign Service Award for Human Relations and an Excellence in Teaching Award. She divides her time between Ghana and America.