I Hope You Find What You're Looking for

The year is 1991. Eritrea is on the verge of liberation from Ethiopian rule and in Washington, D.C.'s tight-knit Eritrean community, change is in the air. Thirteen-year-old Lydia and her family are grappling with what peace--after decades of war--might mean for their future, just as they welcome a new relative into their home: Berekhet, a cousin newly arrived from Ethiopia to attend medical school. Berekhet encourages Lydia to confront a barrage of new ideas for the first time, about nationhood, family, and what it means to be truly free. Meanwhile, her mother, Elsa, a former rebel fighter, and the family matriarch, Mama Zewdi, contend with regrets and secrets long-buried--secrets that the emboldened Lydia is determined to uncover, including the truth about her martyred father. Written with warmth and sharp humor, Bsrat Mezghebe's mesmerizing debut novel is a loving ode to an immigrant community on the cusp of a new age.

Bsrat Mezghebe received an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University. Her writing has appeared in Guernica, The Paris Review, and the anthology Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area.

• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
  
• Publish Date: Feb 10, 2026
  
• Pages: 288
  
• Language: English
  
• Type: Hardcover
  
• EAN/UPC: 9781324092490
  
• Dimensions: 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W | 1.0 lb
  
• BISAC Categories: Popular Fiction, Popular Fiction