An Unusual Grief by Yewande Omotoso
How do you get to know your daughter when she is dead? This is the question which takes a mother on a journey of self-discovery. When her daughter Yinka dies, Mojisola is finally forced to stop running away from the difficulties in their relationship, and also come to terms with Yinka the woman. Mojisola's grief leads her on a journey of self-discovery, as she moves into her daughter's apartment and begins to unearth the life Yinka had built for herself there, away from her family. Through stepping into Yinka's shoes, Mojisola comes to a better understanding not only of her estranged daughter, but also herself, as she learns to carve a place for herself in the world beyond the labels of wife and mother. A bold and unflinching tale of one women's unconventional approach to life and loss.
I am in awe of Omotoso's talent[..]she cements her position as one of the leading African novelists of our time[...] in An Unusual Grief, Omotoso surprises, shocks and breaks your heart in equal measure. I am lucky to have readher books. - JENNIFER NANSUBUGA MAKUMBI, author of Kintu, Manchester Happened and The First Woman A tender and essential meditation on the inheritance of loss. Through one woman's grief, it illuminates bereavement and the contradiction that is love. - AYOBAMI ADEBAYO, author of Stay With Me A bittersweet and gripping story[...] Omotoso's prose is sharp and precise as it pierces the exterior and allows you to peel back the layers of humanity on the flawed and fragile characters in An Unusual Grief. - JENDELLA BENSON, author of Hope & Glory An Unusual Grief takes the reader into a story where the ordinary is rendered extraordinary by Omotoso's masterful plotting and exquisite prose. - ZUKISWA WANNER, author of The Black Pimpernel: Nelson Mandela on the Run
Yewande Omotoso trained as an architect. Her debut novel Bom Boy was shortlisted for the 2012 Sunday Times Fiction Prize in South Africa. Yewande was shortlisted for the 2013 Etisalat Prize for Literature. Her second novel, Woman Next Door, was longlisted for the 2017 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. In 2018, it was shortlisted for the International DUBLIN Literary Award and a finalist in the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction. It has been translated into Catalan, Dutch, French, German. Italian and Korean. She currently lives in Johannesburg.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781913175139 |
| ISBN 10 | 1913175138 |
| Title | An Unusual Grief |
| Author | Yewande Omotoso |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cassava Republic Press |
| Year published | 2022-02-22 |
| Number of pages | 0 |
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