First published 2018
Ada is born with "one foot on the other side," a metaphysical rift that spawns a multiplicity of selves within her. As she grows up in Nigeria and moves to America, these splintered identities - Asụghara, Saint Vincent, and others - grow in power and agency, with devastating consequences. Narrated by Ada's warring internal voices, this surreal, evocative novel plunges the reader into the mystery of identity and mental health, heralding the arrival of a fierce new literary talent.
Genres: literary-fiction, african-literature, contemporary, 21st-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: multiplicity-of-self, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Nigeria, America
Period: 21st-century
252 pages · Paperback · Farafina (Kachifo Limited)
Content warnings: mental-illness