Being a Witch and Other Things I Didn’t Ask For

Her greatest fear isn’t the past. It’s becoming her mother.

Raya’s built a spiky shell growing up in foster care, it keeps her safe. But when strange powers begin to surface, she’s terrified. Her mother’s schizophrenia destroyed their family. She’s certain she’s next.

Determined to live fiercely while she can, Raya runs away to London. Hunger, humiliation and defeat follow, until she finds refuge above a chaotic East End café and begins building something like independence.

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