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May, Nikki.
This Motherless Land
[Boundless].
Unabridged.
HarperCollins,
2024.
READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAYFrom the acclaimed author of Wahala, a “vibrant” (Charmaine Wilkerson) decolonial retelling of Mansfield Park: Jane Austen meets The Vanishing HalfQuiet Funke is happy in Nigeria. She loves her art teacher mother, her professor father, and even her annoying little brother (most of the time). But when tragedy strikes, she’s sent to England, a place she knows only from her mother’s stories. To her dismay, she finds the much-lauded estate dilapidated, the food tasteless, the weather grey. Worse still, her mother’s family are cold and distant. With one exception: her cousin Liv.Free-spirited Liv has always wanted to break free of her joyless family. She becomes fiercely protective of her little cousin, and her warmth and kindness give Funke a place to heal. The two girls grow into adulthood the closest of friends.But the choices their mothers made haunt Funke and Liv and when a second tragedy occurs their friendship is torn apart. Against the long shadow of their shared family history, each woman will struggle to chart a path forward, separated by country, misunderstanding, and ambition.Moving between Somerset and Lagos over the course of two decades, This Motherless Land is a sweeping examination of identity, culture, race, and love that asks how we find belonging and whether a family’s generational wrongs can be righted.
Format: Acoustik.
FICTION / Cultural Heritage; FICTION / Adaptations & Pastiche; FICTION / Literary.
General Adult.
Importer Version: 2016-03-11.01 Import Date: 2024-11-04 20:00:03.
Fiction
Literary.
Fiction
fast
Adaptations & Pastiche.
Fiction
fast
Cultural Heritage.
Opia, Weruche,
narrator.
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