A great and insightful read about two women and what they have to endure just to be themselves. The dual time line worked well and telling the story through the places they live was clever/ Family relationships and those between women are complex as they are interesting the world over.

Actually can’t believe this is a debut! Fantastically written, great character development and a storyline that kept me swept up. I love a dual time line and this also has dual locations - between 80s Congo and OOs London, this book delves in to family relationships and expectations on women.

Where you Go, I will go tells the story of two generations of the same family Mira and Bijoux and follows their lives from Kinshasa , to Europe and back again.
Mira is a woman of extremes from teenage wild child to devout Baptist and for much of the book it is hard to marry these two very distinct sides of her personality. Bijoux on the other hand is a young girl far from home , trying to find peace with her identity, under the watchful eye of her strict but distant Tantine Mireille.

Christina Fonthes is beautifully descriptive, the scenes in Kinshasa, described a vibrant but troubled Zaire/DRC, Mira then moves to Belgium and you are transported to 90's Brussels and later Paris . When the story moves to London you are instantly taken to a traditional tower block in the noughties . Several social issues are touched on throughout the book , almost too many but the author takes such care and describes them perfectly. I don't really have a point of reference for much that is explored during the book but I was totally immersed in Mira and Bijoux's world
There are a few scenes that aren't fully explained, this is deliberate but it did leave me a little confused particularly at the start of the book. There are also a couple of loose ends I would have liked to have had explained a bit more. Solid 9 out of 10 for me .

I really enjoyed this book and look forward to the next one by this author.