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We Were Girls Once
Aiwanose Odafen
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Description for We Were Girls Once
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‘We were three: complete, as we were meant to be…’
Ego, Zina and Eriife were always destined to be best friends, ever since their grandmothers sat next to each other on a dusty bus to Lagos in the late 1940s, forging a bond that would last generations. But over half a century later, Nigeria is a new and modern country. As the three young women navigate the incessant strikes and political turmoil that surrounds them, their connection is shattered by a terrible assault. In the aftermath, nothing will remain the same as life takes them down separate ... Read more
‘We were three: complete, as we were meant to be…’
Ego, Zina and Eriife were always destined to be best friends, ever since their grandmothers sat next to each other on a dusty bus to Lagos in the late 1940s, forging a bond that would last generations. But over half a century later, Nigeria is a new and modern country. As the three young women navigate the incessant strikes and political turmoil that surrounds them, their connection is shattered by a terrible assault. In the aftermath, nothing will remain the same as life takes them down separate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Scribner (UK)
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781398506176
SKU
9781398506176
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About Aiwanose Odafen
Aiwanose Odafen is a second year MFA fiction student at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She holds an MBA from the University of Oxford. She has contributed to published non-fiction works, including most recently, the I AM ADONA project, a collection of essays on women’s empowerment, and participated in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus Trust Writing Workshop. She was longlisted for ... Read more
Reviews for We Were Girls Once
‘Odafen writes with great insight and compassion about life, sisterhood, family, community and power. Each of her characters is so fully realised, their histories so richly drawn that they feel alive. This is a superbly written novel’
Chika Unigwe, author of The Middle Daughter
‘A gorgeous story of the redemptive power of friendship. With moving and immersive prose, ... Read more
Chika Unigwe, author of The Middle Daughter
‘A gorgeous story of the redemptive power of friendship. With moving and immersive prose, ... Read more