Where You Go, I Will Go

A stunning novel that brings to the fore lesbian love, the Congo and the UK, and family and cultural expectations in a dynamic intergenerational tale – Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other
A fresh voice in the global narrative of women’s lives. From London to Kinshasa, Christina Fonthes masterfully explores the search for belonging, self-acceptance, and love, across two generations – Charmaine Wilkerson, author of Black Cake and Good Dirt
A wonderful, vital novel exploring familial legacies and queer lives. Fonthes deftly charts the complex paths of these characters with real verve and authenticity – Irenosen Okojie MBE
A compelling exploration of life, love and liberty at the intersection of several identities - queer, African, Christian, immigrant - in modern London. It tenderly excavates legacies of home and tradition to highlight that while we may not choose what histories we inherit, we can certainly choose to remain beholden only to those which serve and ultimately save us. A captivating read from an exciting new voice – Cherie Jones, author of How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
Evocative and exhilarating. Christina Fonthes is a fresh and powerful new writer with a beautiful voice and bold talent – Salena Godden, author of Mrs. Death Misses Death
A rich complex compendium exploring the nuances of being Black, Congolese, immigrant, gay and a woman. A story that is thrillingly told. A novel that only Christina Fonthes could have written – JJ Bola
What a fantastic novel. Christina gains your trust from the first few pages and leads you through the winding corridors of the heart-thumping, finger-tingling story, until its satisfying conclusion. The novel is aptly named for wherever Fonthes’s future leads, I will gladly follow. Stunning! – Chikodili Emelumadu, author of Dazzling
A stunning evocation of place and history that delivers its punches with tenderness, longingand absolute authenticity. A powerful, unforgettable debut – Wiz Wharton, author of Ghost Girl, Banana
Christina Fonthes has masterfully crafted a novel that is both intimate and expansive as it examines the lives of Congolese women in the diaspora striving for self determination in a world that won’t account for the fullness of their existence. Where You Go, I Will Go is at once tender, tragic and triumphant - thoroughly unforgettable – Jendella Benson, author of Hope and Glory and All That We’ve Got
Lyrical and accomplished – Red Magazine
Illuminating life in the Congo and England through female and queer voices, Where You Go, I Will Go weaves together two intertwining parallel stories with emotion and delicacy … I was so enraptured in the beautiful writing and the lives of each of the characters that I read this novel entirely in two sittings * NB Magazine *
Lyrical and accomplished * Stylist *
An exquisitely paced story that will linger in your mind long after you finish it – Glamour

Christina Fonthes is a Congolese-British writer. She is the founder of REWRITE, an organisation that supports and champions Black Women and Women of Colour writers. In 2021 she was the winner of the prestigious Royal Society of Literature Sky Arts Writers Award for Fiction, and mentored by Bernardine Evaristo and Irenosen Okojie. Her work has featured in several publications around the world including Too Young Too Black Too Different (Corsair), The Colour Of Madness (Bluebird/Macmillan), Filigree (Peepal Tree Press), Flight Journal (Spread The Word) among others.

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