{"product_id":"butter-honey-pig-bread-paperback","title":"Butter Honey Pig Bread - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancesca Ekwuyasi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, Lambda Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award, and Amazon Canada First Novel Award; Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning three continents, \u003ci\u003eButter Honey Pig Bread\u003c\/i\u003e tells the interconnected stories of three Nigerian women: Kambirinachi and her twin daughters, Kehinde and Taiye. Kambirinachi believes that she is an Ogbanje, or an Abiku, a non-human spirit that plagues a family with misfortune by being born and then dying in childhood to cause a human mother misery. She has made the unnatural choice of staying alive to love her human family but lives in fear of the consequences of her decision. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kambirinachi and her two daughters become estranged from one another because of a trauma that Kehinde experiences in childhood, which leads her to move away and cut off all contact. She ultimately finds her path as an artist and seeks to raise a family of her own, despite her fear that she won't be a good mother. Meanwhile, Taiye is plagued by guilt for what her sister suffered and also runs away, attempting to fill the void of that lost relationship with casual flings with women. She eventually discovers a way out of her stifling loneliness through a passion for food and cooking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But now, after more than a decade of living apart, Taiye and Kehinde have returned home to Lagos. It is here that the three women must face each other and address the wounds of the past if they are to reconcile and move forward. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For readers of African diasporic authors such as Teju Cole and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, \u003ci\u003eButter Honey Pig Bread\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of choices and their consequences, of motherhood, of the malleable line between the spirit and the mind, of finding new homes and mending old ones, of voracious appetites, of queer love, of friendship, faith, and above all, family.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancesca Ekwuyasi is a writer and filmmaker originally from Lagos, Nigeria. Her work explores themes of faith, family, queerness, consumption, loneliness and belonging. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eWinter Tangerine Review, Brittle Paper, Transition Magazine, the Malahat Review, Visual Art News, Vol.1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGUTS\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Her story \"Ọrun is Heaven\" was longlisted for the 2019 Journey Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769253101856,"sku":"9781551528236","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6fb157dc6da5b9402ed525a5905ed3f6.webp?v=1780344391","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/butter-honey-pig-bread-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}