Brown Baby
A Memoir of Race, Family and Home
(Author) Nikesh ShuklaA powerful exploration of fatherhood, grief, racism and hope. Brown Baby is also a love letter to the author Nikesh Shukla's daughters that is as heartbreakingly tender as it is funny and relatable.How do you find hope and even joy in a world that is racist, sexist and facing climate crisis? How do you prepare your children for it, but also fill them with all the boundlessness and eccentricity that they deserve and that life has to offer?In Brown Baby, Nikesh Shukla, co-editor of the bestselling collection The Good Immigrant, explores themes of racism, feminism, parenting and our shifting ideas of home. This memoir, by turns heartwrenching, hilariously funny and intensely relatable, is dedicated to the author's two young daughters, and serves as an act of remembrance to the grandmother they never had a chance to meet. Through love, grief, food and fatherhood, Shukla shows how it's possible to believe in hope."A beautifully intimate and soul-searching memoir. It speaks to the heart and the mind and bears witness to our turbulent times."Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other
Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla is a British author, editor, and screenwriter known for his insightful explorations of race, identity, and culture in contemporary Britain. He is the author of several acclaimed works, including the novel "The Good Immigrant," a collection of essays by writers of color about their experiences in the UK, which won the Books Are My Bag Readers' Choice Award in 2016. Shukla's writing style is characterized by its honesty, humor, and empathy, and he is widely regarded as a leading voice in the movement for greater diversity and representation in literature. His work has had a significant impact on the literary world, inspiring important conversations about race, immigration, and belonging.
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