9781802061338

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE

‘A beautifully written, richly thoughtprovoking book about what we inherit, and what we leave behind’

‘Fear of the future, an ache for the past, the present awash with disquiet: into this turmoil, Alice Mah’s book appears like a little red boat, keeping hope afloat against all odds’

LUCY JONES

Red Pockets

Alice Mah

A N I T A R O Y, G U A R D I A N

‘A fascinating exploration of the links between ancestral inheritance, diasporic belonging, and our climate future’ AUBE RE Y LESCURE

‘A moving and imaginative memoir of facing up to the wrongs of the past … Red Pockets describes Mah’s return to her ancestral village in South China, and the reverberations of that disturbing visit … One of the most unusual and powerful books I’ve read in a long time’

ALICE MAH RED POCKETS

Cover artwork © Lydia Kasumi. Cover design: Coralie Bickford-Smith. Author photograph © Katherine Rose.

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‘Rich, reflective … a compelling and moving narrative’

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Date: 11/11/2025 Designer: CBS Pub. Date: 07/2025 ISBN: 9781802061338 EDITOR: Casiana PRODUCTION: Taryn Ed 2: Rebbeca

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