An Intergenerational Saga About Three Nigerian Women: A Novel About Food, Family, And Forgiveness. Butter Honey Pig Bread Is A Story Of Choices And Their Consequences, Of Motherhood, Of The Malleable Line Between The Spirit And The Mind, Of Finding New Homes And Mending Old Ones, Of Voracious Appetites, Of Queer Love, Of Friendship, Faith, And Above All, Family. Francesca Ekwuyasi's Debut Novel Tells The Interwoven Stories Of Twin Sisters, Kehinde And Taiye, And Their Mother, Kambirinachi. Kambirinachi Feels She Was Born An á»?gbanje, A Spirit That Plagues Families With Misfortune By Dying In Childhood To Cause Its Mother Misery. She Believes That She Has Made The Unnatural Choice Of Staying Alive To Love Her Human Family And Now Lives In Fear Of The Consequences Of That Decision. Some Of Kambirinachi's Worst Fears Come True When Her Daughter, Kehinde, Experiences A Devasting Childhood Trauma That Causes The Family To Fracture In Seemingly Irreversible Ways. As Soon As She's Of Age, Kehinde Moves Away And Cuts Contact With Her Twin Sister And Mother. Alone In Montreal, She Struggles To Find Ways To Heal While Building A Life Of Her Own. Meanwhile, Taiye, Plagued By Guilt For What Happened To Her Sister, Flees To London And Attempts To Numb The Loss Of The Relationship With Her Twin Through Reckless Hedonism. Now, After More Than A Decade Of Living Apart, Taiye And Kehinde Have Returned Home To Lagos To Visit Their Mother. It Is Here That The Three Women Must Face Each Other And Address The Wounds Of The Past If They Are To Reconcile And Move Forward.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Women's Fiction
- Black & African American
- Women's Fiction
Publisher : Arsenal Pulp Press
Author : Ekwuyasi,Francesca
Language : English
Published :2020-11-03
Number Of Pages : 368
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 1551528231
ISBN-13 : 9781551528236
Item weight : 1.06 lb
Dimensions : 0.83 in x 6.02 in x 8.98 in
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