When a military coup plunges the streets of Lagos into political turmoil and her father’s condition reaches a terrifying breaking point, Lily is sent across the world into an unfamiliar environment plagued by economic hardship, structural racism, and isolation. To survive, she learns to become a “chameleon”—blending in, masking her pain, and trying to stay invisible. But as family secrets threaten to unravel everything she knows, Lily must discover how to stop hiding in the background and find a voice of her own.
