{"product_id":"9781529366808-dele-weds-destiny","title":"Dele Weds Destiny","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA stunning novel of friendship, love and home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDele Weds Destiny\u003c\/i\u003e is a sensational debut from Tomi Obaro, a dazzling new voice in contemporary fiction. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a beautiful, poignant, joyous, and nuanced story of the power of enduring female friendship, the highs and lows of mother-daughter relationships, and what it means to find home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A story rendered with so much heart' Taylor Jenkins Reid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e The bonds between women - as friends, and across the generations - are the jewels that make this story shine!' Tayari Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree women. Three decades. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe friendship of a lifetime.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZainab, Funmi and Enitan first meet at University in northern Nigeria, all learning how to become themselves. It's an experience that binds the three very different women together. When Enitan moves to New York to elope with a white man, Zainab and Funmi are left behind, with drastically different fortunes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the course of thirty years, their lives and friendships diverge and change. Enitan is separating from her husband, trying to understand her daughter Remi. Zainab finds herself the sole breadwinner for her husband and their four sons. And Funmi is living a life of confined luxury, as the wife of a successful, shady businessman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut theirs is a friendship that can endure decades of distance. And in 2015, they are reunited for the first time for the wedding of Funmi's daughter, Destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere they will reflect on their pasts, the things they loved and lost - but the present brings unexpected surprises too, because their daughters, Remi and Destiny, might just be as rebellious and open-hearted as they once were.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDELE WEDS DESTINY is the heartfelt, vivid and sparkling debut novel by editor and writer Tomi Obaro, a dazzling new voice in fiction. A story of three women, w\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ee witness the shared histories, betrayals and triumphs play out, and their unforgettable, enduring friendship.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tomi Obaro's deftly-paced novel is \u003cb\u003ean ode to the enduring truth of friendship\u003c\/b\u003e. Obaro's compelling narrative provides a beautifully flawed, full-bodied picture of the possibilities of African womanhood. It is optimistic, fresh and quickly draws you in' Jendella Benson, author of \u003ci\u003eHope and Glory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A generous and patient consideration of life, and of lives . \u003cb\u003eI am so thankful for the world of this book\u003c\/b\u003e and so excited for everyone who gets to sit in it' Hanif Abdurraqib, author of \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLittle Devil in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A wonderful novel full of richly-drawn, complicated, nuanced characters all trying to love and connect with each other. An ode to the bonds of friendship across decades, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDele Weds Destiny\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvelous debut\u003c\/b\u003e' Jami Attenberg, author of \u003ci\u003eAll This Could Be Yours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tomi Obaro has a true gift for honouring the details that illuminate our most human tensions . \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDele Weds Destiny \u003c\/i\u003eis a black diamond of a debut\u003c\/b\u003e' Saeed Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eHow We Fight for Our Lives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eThis enchanting debut is an affectionate portrait of three women at middle age, cannily exploring the ways the self is forged in youth\u003c\/b\u003e. With an admirably light touch, Tomi Obaro documents how class, race, faith, and power define the lives of women in Nigeria and America, past and present' Rumaan Alam, author of \u003ci\u003eLeave the World Behind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40930412462177,"sku":"9781529366808","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28394166.jpg?v=1722584087","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529366808-dele-weds-destiny","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}