HardCover. Pub Date :2014-01-30 320 English HarperCollins UK Single life in modern-day Nigeria is far from simple. in this new novel from the winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa Deola. Bello is tired of London. but she's not ready to give up on life. When her charity job takes her home to Nigeria. her thoughts turn to the future. as she questions whether her peripatetic existence is still right for her. Deola encounters changes in her family and her home. while a new friendship with Wale. a charming hotelier. offers more lasting potential. But is Deola really equipped to cope with the altered social mores that are part of modern Nigeria Sefi Atta's urgent. incisive voice guides us through this intricate and vivid narrative. challenging preconceived notions of Africa and bringing to life contemporary Nigeria. With boldness and...

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Sefi Atta is the author of two previous novels, Swallow and Everything Good Will Come, and a collection of short stories, News from Home, all published by Interlink Books. She has been awarded the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa and the NOMA Award for Publishing in Africa. Her novels have been published around the world and translated into numerous languages, and her radio and stage plays have been performed internationally. She was born in Lagos and now lives in Mississippi.

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