Hello Mum

Hello Mum
First edition
AuthorBernardine Evaristo
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPenguin UK
Publication date
March 2010
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (paperback)
ISBN978-0141044385
Preceded byBlonde Roots 
Followed byMr Loverman 

Hello Mum is a novella written by British-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo. Published by Penguin Books in 2010, this epistolary novella explores London gang culture from the viewpoint of a 14-year-old boy, Jerome, who communicates with his mother through letters. In 2010, Hello Mum was chosen as Suffolk's Big Quick Read and adapted into a BBC Radio 4 play in 2012.