The Middle Daughter

(Paperback, Main)

Available Formats

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

Udodi's death was the beginning of the raging storm but at that moment, we thought that the worst had already happened, and that life would treat us with more kindness.Told from multiple perspectives and set between The Past and The Present, Atlanta and Nigeria, this is the story of Nani - a prodigal child who loses her way before she finds her agency.When Nani's family is hit by tragedy after tragedy, she feels alone and misunderstood. Then she meets Ephraim, a handsome self-proclaimed 'man of God' who seems to offer all the answers.Will Nani have the courage to take charge of her own life and find true happiness

Reviews

'Absorbing and tender, Chika Unigwe's The Middle Daughter is a finely-drawn portrait of a young woman's resilience in the face of violence and grief' - PAULA HAWKINS

'Moving [and] absorbing' - Stylist

'Impressive . . . A multilayered tale like a Greek tragedy' - Oprah Daily

'The Middle Daughter is an unflinching portrait of a family's grief and one daughter's climb out of despair. An absorbing, memorable read' - AYOBAMI ADEBAYO

'This novel is about how things fall apart, how cracks form in the heart of the most beautiful things . . . An emotionally gruelling book to read for the ways it arced Nani's life along the unfolding of tragic experiences, which, made the ending so much more powerful, affirming, and satisfying' - AINEHI EDORO

'' -

Author Bio

Chika Unigwe is Professor of Creative Writing at Georgia College and the author of several celebrated works of fiction including On Black Sisters' Street, which won the NLNG Prize for Literature, and most recently the short story collection Better Never Than Late (2019).@chikaunigwe | chikaunigwe.com