The story of three once-inseparable college friends in Nigeria who reunite in Lagos for the first time in thirty years--a sparkling debut novel about mothers and daughters, culture and class, sex and love, and the extraordinary resilience of female friendship.
Now, some thirty years later, the three women are reunited for the first time, in Lagos. The occasion: Funmi's daughter, Destiny, is getting married. Enitan brings her American daughter, Remi. Zainab travels by bus, nervously leaving her ailing husband in the care of their son. Funmi, hosting the weekend with her wealthy husband, wants everything to go perfectly. But as the big day approaches, it becomes clear that something is not right. As the novel builds powerfully, the complexities of the mothers' friendship--and the private wisdom each has earned--come to bear on a riveting, heartrending moment of decision. Dele Weds Destiny is a sensational debut from a dazzling new voice in contemporary fiction.
Tomi Obaro is an editor at BuzzFeed News. She lives in Brooklyn.
- Publisher: Knopf (June 28, 2022)
- Language: English
- Hardcover: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 0593320298
- ISBN-13: 9780593320297
- Item Weight: 1.15 pounds
- Dimensions: 6.65 x 0.95 x 9.55 inches