Written by Jackie Kay
Read by Jackie Kay
Unabridged

'Kay excels at any literary genre she turns her hand to - poetry, fiction, drama and now memoir. Yet, like the best memoirs, this one is written with novelist and poetic flair. Characters come alive with pitch-perfect speech, language is lyrically and imaginatively rendered, there is page-turning suspense. Even the structure defies expectation... Red Dust Road is a fantastic, probing and heart-warming read'
Independent

'A clear-eyed, witty and unsentimental account of the push and pull between nature and nurture... Happiness, which shines through the book, makes it the polar opposite of a misery memoir... Red Dust Road is an acknowledgment of the "windy place", as Kay describes it, at the heart of the adopted child, but its strength, humour and charm are a tribute to parents who made this "bundle of child wrapped up in the ghostly shawl of adoption" never question her right to be happy'
Sunday Times

'A remarkable, soul-searching journey... It is Kay's abundant wit that makes Red Dust Road such a moving, spirited work. Written with the colloquial, swift-moving verve of a born communicator, this is a terrifically easy, evocative, and often amusing read... Kay creates a story that combines the artistic skill of fiction with the emotional power of truth' Sunday Herald 'Wonderful, humane... This is a book with resolution, determination and honesty: we should be glad to have Jackie Kay as a pioneer of the new Scotland' Scotland on Sunday 'Warm, intelligent and full of humour. Red Dust Road is also beautifully written... the prose is simple yet poetic... The most honest, moving book I have read in years'
Pink Paper

'Those familiar with Jackie Kay's poetry and fiction will know it exudes a uniquely uplifting and rib-tickling form of optimism, and that general ambience pervades this wonderfully engaging memoir... Kay's perceptive eye and keen humane spirit imbue it all with wide-eyed wonder for the human condition... Red Dust Road is a very funny and occasionally profound look at what goes into making us who we are; an exploration of the joys and foibles of family life from a truly warm-hearted and loveable writer'
The List

‘Told with a wit and poignancy typically associated with Kay’s award-winning poetry, short stories and her first novel Trumpet, this startling family portrait which takes you from Glasgow to Lagos will have you gripped from the first page… A warm and generous book full of humour and insight. Read and cherish for a very long time’
Stylist