Belinda knows how to follow the rules. Mary is still learning the rules. Amma has had enough of the rules. So Belinda is summoned from Ghana to London, to befriend a troubled girl who shows no desire for her friendship. She encounters a city as bewildering as it is exciting, and tries to impose order on her unsettling new world. As the Brixton summer turns to autumn, Belinda and Amma are surprised to discover the beginnings of an unexpected kinship. But when the cracks in their defenses open up, the secrets they have both been holding tight to threaten to seep out. The focus is on the love that flows between women and the need for Belinda to find a place that feels like home. Holdis a bold literary debut that gives voice to a female section of Ghanaian society that is often seen but not heard.