The story of three once-inseparable college friends in Nigeria who reunite in Lagos for the first time in thirty years—a sparkling debut novel about mothers and daughters, culture and class, sex and love, and the extraordinary resilience of female friendship. “The bonds between women—as friends, and across the generations—are the jewels that make this story shine.” — Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage. Funmi, Enitan, and Zainab first meet at university in Nigeria and become friends for life despite their differences. Funmi is beautiful, brash, and determined; Enitan is homely and eager, seeking escape from her single mother's smothering and needy love; Zainab is elegant...
Publisher: Knopf (June 28, 2022) Pages: 256 pages ISBN-10: 0593320298 ISBN-13: 978-0593320297 ASIN: B09HX4W6T4
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