"When Tia accidentally overhears a whispered conversation between her mother-- terminally ill and lying in a hospital bed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria--and her aunt, the repercussions will send her on a desperate quest to uncover a secret her mother has been hiding for nearly two decades."--
Abi Daré is a novelist of great power, wit, and invention. She never misses a step, never drops a sentence, never takes a wrong narrative turn. Her characters burn in my memory forever, as if they were people I had known - and will forever care about. Daré is not only gifted, she is also a gift Elizabeth Gilbert, author of CITY OF GIRLS