{"product_id":"happiness-like-water-award-winning-nigerian-literary-fiction-about-mothers-daughters-love-and-identity","title":"Happiness, Like Water: Award-Winning Nigerian Literary Fiction about Mothers, Daughters, Love, and Identity","description":"A triumphant collection of stories centered on Nigerian women as they build lives out of love and longing, the struggle to stay and the mandate to leave, by an award-winning writer who “is a certainly a voice to watch, and clearly deserves a place on any bookshelf beside fellow Nigerian authors Achebe and Adichie\" (Bustle). What does happiness look like for the women in this acclaimed debut collection? Here is a cast of characters, in their Nigerian homeland and abroad, who whose world is marked by lush landscapes, historical legend and lively folktales, and the search for identity at all costs. You’ll meet mothers who will go to the ends of the earth for their children and daughters who will love whomever they want―even if that means risking everything, even their own lives. Spanning generations, transcending social strata, and crossing the boundaries between duty and desire, the stories in this collection are rendered with “such strength and intimacy, such lucidity and composure, that in each and every case the truths of their lives detonate deep inside the reader’s heart, with the power and force of revelation\" (Paul Harding). ¶ “The work of a sure and gifted new writer.\"―Julie Otsuka\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0544003454\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0544003454.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Okparanta, Chinelo\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41707348492346,"sku":"DBV.0544003454.G","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0544003454-0.jpg?v=1790649450","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/happiness-like-water-award-winning-nigerian-literary-fiction-about-mothers-daughters-love-and-identity","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}