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This motherless land / Nikki May.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063084292 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 342 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Mariner Books, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
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| Subject: | Cousins > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Nigerians > Great Britain > Fiction. Lagos (Nigeria) > Fiction. Somerset (England) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC May | 31681010398386 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"Quiet 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 occurstheir 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. - Baker & Taylor
From the acclaimed author of Wahala, comes a retelling of Mansfield Park, exploring identity, culture, race and love. - HARPERCOLL
Shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature
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"A vibrant coming-of-age story." â Charmaine Wilkerson
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From the acclaimed author of Wahala, a stunning reimagining of Jane Austenâs Mansfield Park: Split between England and Nigeria, two extraordinary cousins are set on vastly different paths as they come to terms with their shared family historyâa masterful exploration of race, identity, and love.Â
Quiet 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, sheâs sent to England, a place she knows only from her motherâs stories. To her dismay, she finds the much-lauded estate dilapidated, the food tasteless, the weather grey. Worse still, her motherâs 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 familyâs generational wrongs can be righted.
