- English literature, Women, Fiction, Families
**2021 CANADA READS RUNNER-UPWinner, Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers (Writers' Trust of Canada); Longlisted for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize; finalist, Governor General's Literary Award; finalist, Amazon Canada First Novel Award; finalist, Lambda Literary Award**
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Earnest, contemporary, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- francesca ekwuyasi
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 343
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781551528243
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