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Pride and Joy

BuchGebunden
336 Seiten
Englisch
S&s/Saga Presserschienen am12.03.2024
Perfect for fans of dark, laugh-out-loud family dramas (Bust magazine), this is a heartwarming and hilarious novel about three generations of a Nigerian Canadian family grappling with their matriarch´s sudden passing while their auntie insists that her sister is coming back.Joy Okafor is overwhelmed. Recently divorced, a life coach whose phone won´t stop ringing, and ever the dutiful Nigerian daughter, Joy has planned every aspect of her mother´s seventieth birthday weekend on her own. As the Okafors slowly begin to arrive, Mama Mary goes to take a nap. But when the grandkids go to wake her, they find that she isn´t sleeping after all. Refusing to believe that her sister is gone-gone, Auntie Nancy declares that she had a premonition that Mama Mary will rise again like Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. Desperate to believe that they´re about to witness a miracle, the family overhauls their birthday plans to welcome the Nigerian Canadian community, effectively spreading the word that Mama Mary is coming back. But skeptical Joy is struggling with the loss of her mother and not allowing herself to mourn just yet while going through the motions of planning a funeral that her aunt refuses to allow. Filled with humor and flawed, deeply relatable characters so rich in heritage and complexity that I can´t believe these characters do not really exist (Jesse Q. Sutanto, national bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties), Pride and Joy will draw you in as the Okafors prepare for a miracle while coming apart at the seams, praying that they haven´t actually lost Mama Mary for good, and grappling with what losing her truly means for each of them.mehr
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KlappentextPerfect for fans of dark, laugh-out-loud family dramas (Bust magazine), this is a heartwarming and hilarious novel about three generations of a Nigerian Canadian family grappling with their matriarch´s sudden passing while their auntie insists that her sister is coming back.Joy Okafor is overwhelmed. Recently divorced, a life coach whose phone won´t stop ringing, and ever the dutiful Nigerian daughter, Joy has planned every aspect of her mother´s seventieth birthday weekend on her own. As the Okafors slowly begin to arrive, Mama Mary goes to take a nap. But when the grandkids go to wake her, they find that she isn´t sleeping after all. Refusing to believe that her sister is gone-gone, Auntie Nancy declares that she had a premonition that Mama Mary will rise again like Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. Desperate to believe that they´re about to witness a miracle, the family overhauls their birthday plans to welcome the Nigerian Canadian community, effectively spreading the word that Mama Mary is coming back. But skeptical Joy is struggling with the loss of her mother and not allowing herself to mourn just yet while going through the motions of planning a funeral that her aunt refuses to allow. Filled with humor and flawed, deeply relatable characters so rich in heritage and complexity that I can´t believe these characters do not really exist (Jesse Q. Sutanto, national bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties), Pride and Joy will draw you in as the Okafors prepare for a miracle while coming apart at the seams, praying that they haven´t actually lost Mama Mary for good, and grappling with what losing her truly means for each of them.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-6680-1281-9
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatGenäht
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum12.03.2024
Seiten336 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 155 mm, Höhe 231 mm, Dicke 33 mm
Gewicht454 g
Artikel-Nr.60528904
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GenreRomane Hardcover

Autor

Louisa Onomé is a Nigerian Canadian writer of books for teens and adults, including Like Home, Twice as Perfect, The Melancholy of Summer, and Pride and Joy. She holds a BA in professional writing and a MA in counselling psychology. When she is not writing, she works as a narrative designer in games. She currently resides in the Toronto area. Find out more at LouisaOnome.com.