A lush, powerful tale of family and sisterhood from award-winning
author Chika Unigwe, perfect for fans of Bernardine Evaristo and Tayari
Jones
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.
When seventeen-year-old Nani loses her older sister and then her father
in quick succession, her world spins off its axis. Isolated and
misunderstood by her grieving mother and sister, she's drawn to an
itinerant preacher, a handsome self-proclaimed man of God who offers her
a new place to belong. All too soon, Nani finds herself estranged from
her family, tethered to her abusive husband by children she loves but
cannot fully comprehend. She must find the courage to break free and
wrestle her life back--without losing what she loves most.
A modern reimagining of the myth of Hades and Persephone within a
Nigerian family, The Middle Daughter charts Nani's journey to freedom
and homecoming.
