by Christie Watson
After finishing the book, I first read the biographical summary of Christi Watson, since I sensed a slight difference in approach from the other African authors.It dawned on me why I enjoyed the humor in the book so much. It reminded me of what Alexander Fuller said inCocktail Hour Under the Tree of...
Blessing is twelve when her comfortable life in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, is destroyed by the separation of her parents. She moves with her mother and older brother Ezikiel to a rural compound just outside Warri, in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Aside from getting used to the lack of running wate...
NO SPOILERS!!!!!The author of this egalley, Christie Watson, which I have received from NetGalley, is born and raised in Nigeria. In reading this novel I am thrown into a world that feels completely foreign to me. The story follows the experiences of Blessing, a twelve-year-old. She moves, with her ...
Highly recommended!Won the Costa 2011 debut novelist award.
Highly recommended!Won the Costa 2011 debut novelist award.
You know when you start reading a book, and you really have nothing good to say about it but for some reason you want to keep going? This was one of those books for me. Okay, it's entertaining and the setting is fairly vivid, but otherwise it's just bad. Fortunately circumstances caused me to take a...
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