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A bit of difference / by Sefi Atta.
Van Pelt Library PS3601.T78 B5 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Atta, Sefi.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Single women--Nigeria--Fiction.
- Single women.
- Homecoming--Fiction.
- Homecoming.
- Life change events--Fiction.
- Life change events.
- Nigeria.
- Nigeria--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Psychological fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 221 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Northampton Mass. : Interlink Books, 2012.
- Summary:
- At thirty-nine, Deola Bello, a Nigerian expatriate in London, is dissatisfied with being single and working overseas. Deola works as a financial reviewer for an international charity, and when her job takes her back to Nigeria in time for her father's five-year memorial service, she finds herself turning her scrutiny inward. In Nigeria, Deola encounters changes in her family and in the urban landscape of her home, and new acquaintances who offer unexpected possibilities. Deola's journey is as much about evading others' expectations to get to the heart of her frustration as it is about exposing the differences between foreign images of Africa and the realities of contemporary Nigerian life. Deola's urgent, incisive voice captivates and guides us through the intricate layers and vivid scenes of a life lived across continents.
- ISBN:
- 1566568927
- 9781566568920
- OCLC:
- 781939959
- Publisher Number:
- 99951490805
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