Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hope and Glory | 2022 | Jendella Benson | Buy |
| 2 | All That We’ve Got | 2024 | Jendella Benson | N/A |
Hope and Glory (2022) is Jendella Benson’s debut novel. It follows Glory, who returns from living abroad to her family home in Peckham, South London, after her father’s sudden death. What she finds is a family fraying at the edges, with her mother struggling, her brother in trouble, and her sister carrying secrets of her own.
All That We’ve Got (2024) is Benson’s second novel, continuing her exploration of family relationships and identity in contemporary Britain. Both books are set in London and draw on the British-Nigerian experience.