Ferry Tales

Born of a legacy forgotten over centuries, Anana Freedman has all the trappings of a Black Millennial dream—cash in her purse, smoke in her lungs, liquor on her lips, and lovers in rotation. But the one thing she lacks is herself. When an unexpected wedding invitation to West Africa arrives, it cracks open the illusion, thrusting her into the troubled waters of her birth. There, between sips of whiskey, puffs of smoke, sweat of romance, and tears of mud, she must reassemble her deepest truth—one that lies somewhere between the story she’s been told and the one etched in her soul—or drown trying.

Advanced Praise

“Ferry Tales is an extraordinary and passionate transatlantic journey. Unapologetic in style and story, Armstrong’s voice sings from the page. Ferry Tales sings a new, powerful song of ancestral memory, humor, love, travel, and identity. An ode to the Diaspora. Ferry Tales is a joyous and subversive novel which is both an international love epic and, at the same time, a damning indictment on Corporate America. Authentic, poetic, and unflinching, Armstrong writes in the literary tradition of Hurston, Angelou, and Walker.”

—MK Asante, author of Nephew