Longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize<\/p>\n
A spellbinding novel about family secrets and bonds, thwarted hope and the brutal realities of life in a society rife with inequality. Featured in Stylist\u2019s best fiction of 2023, Ay\u1ecd\u0300b\u00e1mi Ad\u00e9b\u00e1y\u1ecd\u0300, the Women\u2019s Prize shortlisted author of Stay With Me, unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption.<\/p>\n
\u1eb8ni\u1ecdl\u00e1 is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so \u1eb8ni\u1ecdl\u00e1 spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers and begging, dreaming of a big future. W\u00far\u00e0\u1ecdl\u00e1 is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by K\u00fanl\u00e9, the volatile son of family friends. When a local politician takes an interest in \u1eb8ni\u1ecdl\u00e1 and sudden violence shatters a family party, W\u00far\u00e0\u1ecdl\u00e1 and \u1eb8ni\u1ecdl\u00e1\u2019s lives become intertwined. <\/p>\n
In this breathtaking novel, Ay\u1ecd\u0300b\u00e1mi Ad\u00e9b\u00e1y\u1ecd\u0300 shines her light on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in-between.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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